[UPDATE 5:50 p.m.: Video from our Reporter on Campus] Sheriff Honsal Visits CPH as Protestors Opt Out of Safe Exit Offer; Siemens Hall Opens
Safe exit information station set up outside Siemens Hall. The woman in the striped pants said that she and her husband left were just on campus as observers and had nothing to do with the protest. [All photos by Ryan Hutson]
The two hours passed with no known protestors choosing the safe exit offer. The offer was extended to 5 p.m.
Interim suspension notifications were sent via email to some students. The notification stated that suspended students must leave the campus immediately. Failure to comply could result in expulsion from CPH and the California State University system.
A press release from Cal Poly Humboldt states, “The University’s Time, Place and Manner (TPM) policy exists to protect the rights of the entire campus community to a secure environment that is conducive to the pursuit of knowledge, freedom of inquiry, freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. The policy is content-neutral in its approach to speech and assembly, protecting our freedoms while also ensuring that the rights of the rest of the campus community to a safe and secure environment are protected. Part of protecting our rights is protecting the health and safety of persons, and the security of property, for which uniformed police officers may be required.”
During this time, KRFH – Radio Free Humboldt, the student-ran radio station at CPH, confirmed reports that Mad River Hospital was on a lockdown and sending staff home in preparation for a Mass Casualty Event. Mad River Hospital CFO Sean Nordquist told KMUD News that the hospital decided to go on lockdown in an abundance of caution due to the safe-exit time frame ending. They had no knowledge of any planned law enforcement action.
Protest supporters and legal observers have been on campus to ensure the protestors’ safety according to reports from the campus, though requests for additional support have been made.
Law enforcement officers have been seen on campus today, including Humboldt County Sheriff, William Honsal. “Law enforcement was on scene in support of the University’s mission to keep law and order on campus,” stated Honsal in a media request from KMUD News Director, Lauren Schmitt.
The second safe exit window has closed with no known protestors to have taken the offer presented by the university. However, the blockade into Siemens Hall has been taken down and access to the occupied building has been established.
Redheaded Blackbelt reporter, Ryan Hutson is on scene and inside Siemens Hall where she will be providing live reporting on the RHBB Facebook page.
We will continue to update on this fluid situation as it develops.
UPDATE 5:50 p.m.: Our reporter Ryan Hutson is livestreaming from the Cal Poly campus here:
UPDATE: Cal Poly Humboldt Campus Sealed Off Amid Law Enforcement Buildup and Student Protests
Earlier:
- Pro Palestinian Protesters Occupy Siemens Hall at Cal Poly
- From Campus to Courthouse: Pro-Palestinian Protesters Demand Release of Activists After Clashes at Cal Poly Humboldt
- Protestors Continue to Occupy Cal Poly Humboldt Buildings
- Anti-War Protestors Continue Occupation of Cal Poly Humboldt Building: Campus Closure Extended
- Letter From Student Urges Cal Poly Humboldt Leadership to Rethink Campus Closure and Facilitate Peaceful Protests
- Cal Poly Humboldt Extends Campus Closure Amid Ongoing Protests
- Anti-War Protestors Continue Occupation of Cal Poly Humboldt Building: Campus Closure Extended
- Cal Poly Humboldt Responds to Protesters Demands as Students Continue to Occupy Seimens Hall (Almost Five Days)
- Breaking News: Cal Poly Humboldt Announces Campus Closure and Shift to Remote Operations Until Semester’s End
- Safe Exit Offer: Cal Poly Humboldt Provides Opportunity for Occupants to Leave Buildings Without Immediate Arrest
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Arcata and HSU PD are suspiciously quiet….. could it possibly be that they are politically motivated? I thought they were objective….huh? Come on Honsal, they invited you to their silly little party so they would have someone else to blame….. do it!
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Wow! What a disruption that was completely deliberate! I feel for those that were planning for graduation and having family come from out of town to watch. I don’t see how this is going to help with enrollment numbers. Most Americans want the American flag flown not Palestinian flags and want a well deserved education for his or her child. I definitely would be pulling my child out of Cal poly Humboldt if she was going there.
I agree with you! I would not pay for my kid to attend a college that let a bunch of idiots take over and make demands. They need to get them out of there and open the school back up so the ones who want to continue their education can and the ones that are ready to graduate can. This is not fair to serious students.
HCSD should be arresting all and doing background checks on all involved. Students get expelled. NON-students (paid protesters) go to jail. They are inciting a riot. They are completely responsible and must be charged.
Then there is the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR). The Soros-founded organization Open Society Foundations, which is now run by his son Alex Soros, has reportedly contributed $300,000 to the USCPR since 2017, while the Rockefeller Brothers Fund has given it $355,000 in the past five years.
“USPCR provides up to $7,800 for its community-based fellows and between $2,880 and $3,660 for its campus-based ‘fellows’ in return for spending eight hours a week organizing “campaigns led by Palestinian organizations,” Vincent notes.
Idk if that’s true for the local protesters, but if it is, that might explain some of this.
Well good thing these are funded by ol Soros. He’s Jewish, so at least that makes it so these protests aren’t antisemitic.
Paid Protestors…. Okay, that’s bullshit
you see the above post? Its on all the media.
No, it isn’t. And even if it was, it doesn’t mean it’s true.
I think most would prefer the US pull out of supporting Israel. Palestinians deserve to have an autonomous country too
They would have one, if they would tolerate Jewish neighbors. Every time a Palestinian leader came around to a two state solution, they lost the support of their people.
Please Note: the lower case “truth be told” either lacks the imagination to coin an original screen name or is deliberately trying to confuse people and mislead them.
Colleges have a long history of being at the forefront of political protests against wars due to the passion, idealism, and critical thinking skills of the students. The college environment fosters a culture of open discourse, intellectual curiosity, and a desire to create positive change in the world. Students see protests as a way to voice their opinions, stand up for their beliefs, and advocate for peace and justice. These demonstrations often serve as a powerful platform to raise awareness, spark debate, and push for policy changes, reflecting the deep commitment to social responsibility and activism that many colleges instill in their students.
CSU CRU probably on scene already waiting for the go-ahead. That’s like 75 riot police gonna take a lotta ppl to jail shortly. CPH fucked up by taking over a building and making national news. Now Sacramento’s gotta sent a message.
Play this on your radio… Tonight’s anthem!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA
Pretty sure Phil Likes Israel.
Attention Sheriff Honsal and HSU PD…Your job is to Restore Order and Crush the Campus Jihadist Thugs Now! You recreants took an oath, and your inaction is disgusting.
Not his jurisdiction to call the shots.
Wrong.
Country Joe, If you’ve lived in Humboldt county long enough, you know the locals will restore order without law enforcement, (wink wink).
Highly Doubtful.
LOL
“Jihadist Thugs”
Are you okay?
No it’s not, thats up to administrators and faculty to decide!
Jihadist thugs might be a bit of a stretch. Useful Idiots more to the point.
American Muslim scholar 0mar
Suleiman is calling for
institutional support for the
pro-Palestine protests by
students across the US. He says
students and academics
protesting against the genocide in
Gaza face media suppression and
political suppression.
https://youtu.be/cobkodGwf1s?feature=shared
Read the comments on the ABC news coverage of the embarrassing deputies from the Humboldt County Sheriff.:
https://youtu.be/7MvIC0XPkNE?feature=shared
“In the U.S., almost all universities are open to the public. The only common restriction is that many college libraries are restricted to student use only at certain times of the day, week, or semester”
Public Property!
Attention Kym Kemp!
Humboldt faculty condemn police violence against students, join demands for boycott and divestment from Israel:
As faculty at Cal Poly Humboldt, we deplore the use of physical violence by police and the deployment of extreme tactics to surveil students, escalate tensions, and criminalize free speech exercised by students calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/cal-poly-humboldt-faculty-condemns-police-violence-against-students-joins-demands-for-boycott-and-divestment-from-israel/
To: The Cal Poly Humboldt community and Administrators
Tom Jackson, Jr., University President
Jenn Capps, Provost & Vice President, Academic Affairs
Chrissy Holliday, Vice President, Enrollment Management & Student Success
Frank Whitlatch, Executive Director & Secretary, Board of Directors, Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation
As faculty at Cal Poly Humboldt, we deplore the use of physical violence by police and the deployment of extreme tactics to surveil students, escalate tensions, and criminalize free speech exercised by students calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
We call on all CPH administrators to reflect on the real harm that this crackdown on free speech inflicts and the message it sends to current and future students, their parents, faculty, and staff, and our communities within and beyond Humboldt. Brutalizing students who raise urgent protest according to their consciences is shameful. Our students are responding in earnest to our federal government’s support of genocidal violence against an oppressed Indigenous people–Palestinians living in Gaza, who are already refugees, the victims of previous ethnic cleansing. As the human rights organization Al-Haq reminds us, “The Palestinian struggle, as the struggles of all those oppressed, is a shared responsibility, transcending borders and backgrounds. The path to justice has been long, but it is a path we are unwaveringly committed to walking until the rights of the Palestinian people are realised.”
Cal Poly’s Office of the President’s “Resilience & Community” webpage highlights the “renowned intellectual Cornel West,” whose platform for U.S. president promises to “Protect free speech” and “Cease military funding to the State of Israel.” Dr. West spoke to Humboldt students during Black Liberation month 2020, and, according to Humboldt’s website, provided “just the kind of positive connection that can define a student’s college experience.” Dr. West has also spoken out in support of the student encampment for Gaza at Columbia, which inspired our students at Cal Poly Humboldt to launch their protest in solidarity and support for the same demands. Humboldt students see the connection between free speech, campus organizing, and transformative global change. Chants on the quad on the first night of the student sit-in, calling for “Justice for Josiah,” make clear that students connect state violence of police and prosecutor failures when responding to student David Josiah Lawson’s stabbing, and the oppressive tactics used by police in response to a student sit-in. The police helicopter circling for hours over Siemens Hall on April 22, 2024, was diverted from an urgent search and rescue operation, illustrating that criminalizing students puts more lives in jeopardy.
If, as the emergency message “Campus Closed, Siemens Hall Protest” on CPH’s webpage states, “The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building” then why were students and faculty battered and bloodied by campus police? Why is occupying a building on campus to express the urgency of refusing to be complicit in genocide being characterized as a form of violence in this “emergency” message? Campus and city police officers, acting at the behest of the highest levels of university administrators, responded to students sitting in a building and chanting by throwing students to the ground, violently arresting multiple people, clubbing at least one student in the head, and batoning a faculty witness in the stomach. It is disgraceful for campus administrators to care more about chairs and buildings than the safety of students and their demands for global justice by acting locally. This mindset puts students’ lives in jeopardy as they attempt to awaken us to the nightmarish realities that confront us. This is not the first time our university’s administration has sent police to suppress, rather than address, our students’ urgent demands for justice this semester. We urge this to be the last time police violence is deployed on our campus.
The decisions regarding campus closure and changes to teaching modalities have been made without consultation with the faculty, which undermines the principles of shared governance.
Such actions infringe upon our freedom of expression as educators and decision-makers within the academic community. It’s crucial to uphold these values to ensure transparency, collaboration, and respect for diverse perspectives.
The Humboldt Administration’s decision to lock campus buildings, immediately and without warning, led to students, who were studying for finals, to lose access to their belongings locked inside the library and to faculty, who were marking papers and preparing final exams, to have to scramble to try to access their locked offices. There have not been adequate alternatives provided even for access to bathrooms, which has led to concerning hygiene issues and safety risks. Administration must rectify these immediate barriers to student and faculty safety and reassess the decisions made regarding campus access to ensure the well-being and security of all members of the community.
As witnessed on scene and reported on police scanners, police scrambled WiFi signals on campus to inhibit communication, a disturbing and even dystopian tactic. We are also troubled by the use of campus resources last night to suppress student protest, including a non-police university maintenance truck used to remove the furniture at the front of the building and to kettle students at the entrance to Siemens. The truck became a militarized weapon in the hands of the police. It is troubling, but not surprising, to see police working with university administration to carry out some of the same technology surveillance and crowd repression tactics that the Israeli army and border police regularly use on Palestinians protesting. We heard our students last night speak to the visceral solidarity they felt with Palestinians as Humboldt students witnessed the level of militarized police violence on their campus in protection of property instead of lives and justice.
Our university’s purpose, proudly displayed on our website, unequivocally calls for us to “provide the highest quality and affordable college education built on the contributions of diverse students, staff, and faculty who are committed to a just and sustainable world.” Our students have taken this purpose to heart and are raising their voices in unison around the clock to say, no, this generation will not be complicit in genocide. CPH’s professed vision is to be “a campus for those who seek above all else to improve the global human condition and our relationship with the environment We will be a center for the interdisciplinary study of just global societies. We will approach our work with an equity mindset and continue to emphasize inclusion across multiple dimensions of our university, modeling what we want to see in the world We will partner with Indigenous communities to address the legacy of colonialism, and create space nurturing of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), pedagogies, and curricula responsive to their identified needs.” By criminalizing resistance to crimes against humanity and student calls to end the violent “legacy” and ongoing injustice of settler colonialism in Palestine and on their campus, we are failing to embody our institution’s purpose and vision.
We reiterate and build upon the demands of those sitting in at Siemens Hall: full disclosure of CPH’s ties with Israel; an academic boycott to end institutional connections with Israeli universities including CSU study abroad in Israel; divestment from companies profiting from and upholding the occupation of Palestine; dropping charges against student organizers; and advocating for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end to the occupation of Palestine. We also call for Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation’s providing greater transparency in where Humboldt’s endowment funds are invested, the exact nature of Cal Poly Humboldt Foundation’s investment pledge for sustainability and social responsibility, and an expanded pledge to divest Humboldt’s endowment from companies that support the Occupation of Palestine and the genocide in Gaza.
Cal Poly Humboldt Faculty and Staff Signatures:
Prof. Janet Winston, Department of English, Department of Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies affiliated faculty
Gabi Kirk, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Analysis
Christina Hsu Accomando, Professor, Departments of English and Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Robert Mónico, Assistant Professor, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Dr. Caglar Dolek, Assistant Professor, Sociology & Criminology and Justice Studies Program
Michihiro Sugata, Associate Professor, Sociology/Criminology & Justice Studies
Nancy Perez, Assistant Professor, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Andrea Delgado, Assistant Professor in English
Cinthya Ammerman Muñoz, Assistant Professor, Department of Native American Studies
Tani Sebro, Associate Professor, Politics
Ana Bernal, Program Director and Lecturer, Sexual Assault Prevention Committee Co-Chair; Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department
Sarah Jaquette Ray, Chair and professor, Environmental Studies
Dominic Corva, Assistant Professor, Sociology
Torisha Khonach, PhD, Lecturer, Sociology
Meridith Oram, Academic Advisor (Past Volunteer Lecturer), Academic Advising
Laura Johnson, PhD, Lecturer, Geography and Environmental Studies
Nicholas Perdue, Associate Professor, Geography, Environment & Spatial Analysis
Rouhollah Aghasaleh, Assistant Professor, School of Education
Paul Michael L. Atienza, Assistant Professor, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Kelda Quintana, Academic Advisor
Maxwell Schnurer, Professor and department chair, Communication
Aaron Gregory, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies
Joe Curtis, Lecturer, Native American Studies
Nina Misch, Lecturer, Social Work
Whitney Ogle, Associate Professor, School of Applied Health
Kerry Marsden, Lecturer, English
Marianne Ahokas, PhD, Lecturer, English
Hallie Lepphaille, Program Coordinator & Academic Advisor, School of Education
Stephanie Lumsden, Lecturer, Native American Studies
María Corral Rocha, Adjunct Faculty, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Romi Hitchcock Tinseth, Faculty, Communication
Kaitlin Reed, Assistant Professor, Native American Studies
Tessa Head, Lecturer, English
Megan Siaosi, Lecturer, Native American Studies
Marisol Ruiz, Professor, School of Education
Jamie Jensen, Associate Professor, Social Work
Erin M. Sullivan, Lecturer, English
Heal McKnight, Lecturer in Creative Writing, English
Tony Wallin-Sato, Lecturer, Crit. Race Gender and Sexuality Studies
Maral N. Attallah, Distinguished Lecturer, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Janaee’ N. Sykes, Academic Advisor, AAC
Isaac Torres, Lecturer and Academic Advisor, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and The Academic Advising Center
Natalie Giannini, Lecturer , English
Nicolette Amann, Faculty and Director, English
Lisa Tremain, Chair, English
Sarah Ben-Zvi, Lecturer, English
Janelle Adsit, Associate Professor, English
Katie Koscielak, Lecturer, Geography & Environmental Studies
Dr. H.Benjamin Shaeffer, Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Kayla Begay, Chair, Associate Professor, Native American Studies
Tim Miller, Librarian, Library
Cindy Moyer, Chair, Dance, Music, and Theatre
Dr. Ramona j.j. Bell, Chair and professor, Department of Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Tony Sivaggio, Chair, Department of Sociology
Dylan McClure, Lecturer, Social Work
Seth Bradley, Research Analyst, Alum, Graduate Student, IRAR, Politics, Sociology
Toby Walker, IT Consultant, ITS
CFA Humboldt Executive Board
Dr. Nikola Hobbel, Professor, English
Edwin Espinoza, Information Technology Consultant, ITS
Jocelyne Takatsuno, Pre-Award Specialist, Sponsored Programs Foundation
Virginia Ryder, Lecturer, Music
Jim Graham, Professor, ESM
Marissa Ramsier, Chair, Department of Anthropology
Qualla Jo Ketchum, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Marcos Hernandez, Lecturer, English
Laura Power, Lecturer, Social Work
Elisabeth Harrington, Associate Professor-Voice, Dance, Music & Theatre
Roxann Schroeder, Lecturer, Biology and ESM
Crane Conso, Research Analyst, CCRP & Psych
Jordan McDowell, Program coordinator, Education
Bonnie Ludka, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering
Kevin Fingerman, Associate Professor, Environmental Science & Management
Rain L. Marshall, JD, Lecturer, NAS/CRGS
Rachael Wade, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences
Angela Turner, Grant Analyst, Sponsored Programs Foundation
L. Rae Robison, Professor, Theatre
Emily Lavrador, Lecturer, English
Christine Cass, Chair and Associate Professor, Oceanography
Charles Moore, CARE Basic Needs Coordinator, Dean of Students
Daneil O’Shea, Lecturer, Oceanography
Tristan Gleason, Associate Professor, School of Education
Awbrey Yost, Lecturer, Environmental Science and Management
Corrina Wells, Title V Projects Director, Academic Affairs
Shannon Berge, Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center
Kelly Fortner, Student Support Coordinator, Center for Community Based Learning
Chris Harmon, Professor, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Grace Coleman, Administrative Support Coordinator, School of Business
Rob Keever, CARE Coordinator, Dean of Students
Gema Quiroz Torres, Staff, Alumni, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Amy Cirincione O’Connor, LCSW, Lecturer, Social Work
Mary Scoggin, Professor, Anthropology
Elias Pence, Lecturer, Critical Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Sean Craig, Professor, Biological Sciences
Karen Davy, Lecturer, Music
Maria Bartlett, Professor Emerita, Social Work
John Reiss, Professor of Zoology, Biological Sciences
Emily Baxter, Lecturer, Environmental Science & Management
Daniel Barton, Chair and Associate Professor, Wildlife
George Wrenn, Librarian, University Library
Elizabeth A. Eschenbach, Professor & Program Lead of Environmental Resources Engineering, School of Engineering
Yvonne Doble, Lecturer, Social Work
Dawn Goley, Professor of Zoology, Biological Sciences
Sarah Peters Gonzalez, Academic Advisor, Academic Advising Center
Gordon Ulmer, Assistant Professor, Applied Anthropology MA Coordinator, Anthropology
Daniela Cerbino, PhD, Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures
Michael Eldridge, Professor Emeritus, English
Leslie Ridelander, Research Grant Analyst, Sponsored Programs Foundation
Mary Glenn, Professor, Anthropology
Renee Byrd, Associate Professor, English
David Sinn, Lecturer, Wildlife
Binta Wright, Office Manager, SPF
Stuart Juodeika, Technical Director, Dance Music Theater
Rachel Torres, Postdoctoral Researcher, INRSEP
Sharyn Marks, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
Adriana Martinez, Teacher, Child Development
Marylisa Wood, Student Event Funding Board Coordinator, Office of Student Life
Allison Hansberry, Operations Director, Schatz Energy Research Center
Dr. Pamela Brown, Retired
Justin Egan, Lecturer, English
Allison Bronson, Lecturer, Biological Sciences
Joselyn Lindsey, Lecturer, Anthropology
Paul Bourdeau, Associate Professor, Biological Sciences
Samila Amanyraoufpoor, Lecturer, Business
Joan Eleanor Trejo, Lecturer, Geography
Samar El-Abdallah, Lecturer, Department of Biological Sciences
Guy Aronoff, Instructor, History
Kelsi Guerrero, Lecturer, Psychology
Nassie Danesh, LCSW, Staff Psychotherapist, CAPS
Ian, Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
Chipo M Hatendi, Ph.D., Lecturer, CRGS
Marilyn Koch, Lecturer, Art + Film
Llyn Smith, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology
Amanda Dinscore, Librarian, Library
Jeffrey White, Professor, Biological Sciences
Antonio Barillas, Staff Psychotherapist; Liaison to Cultural Centers, Counseling & Psychological Services
Frank Fogarty, Assistant Professor, Wildlife
Loren Cannon, Lecturer, Philosophy
Sarita Ray Chaudhury, Professor of Marketing, School of Business
Kaz Wegmuller, Pre-Award Specialist, Sponsored Programs Foundation
Christiana Frye, SPF Grant Analyst, SPF
Claire Ingvoldsen, Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
Holland Heese, Lecturer, Mathematics
Sheila Jackson, Instructor of American Sign Language, Child Development
Larisa Callaway-Cole, Assistant Professor, Child Development
Abby Grattidge, Career Development Advisor, CAHSS, Career Development Center
Sarah Haag, Ph.D., Lecturer, Psychology Department
Christa Meingast, PhD, Engineering
Brianne Hagen, Librarian Faculty, Cal Poly Humboldt
Jennifer Eichstedt, Faculty, Sociology
Kimberly Stelter, Librarian, Library
Stefanie Israel de Souza, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology & Justice Studies
Sintana Vergara, Associate Professor, Environmental Resources Engineering
Celesté Tamayo, Post-Master’s Resident; Housing and Residence Life Liaison, Counseling and Psychological Services
Justin Luong, Assistant Professor, Forestry, Fire and Rangeland Management
Jacky Baughman, Assistant Professor, Geology
Alexandru Tomescu, Professor, Biological Sciences
Greta Goshorn, Lecturer, School of Applied Health
Tanya Garcia, Lecturer, School of Engineering; Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
Eliseo Casiano, Assistant Professor, Art + Film
Carisse Geronimo, Research Engineer, Schatz Energy Research Center
Stephanie McMullen, LCSW, Staff Psychotherapist, CAPS
Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler, Associate professor, Biological sciences
Jen Petullo, Lecturer, Psychology, Cal Poly Humboldt
Mari Sanchez, Associate Professor, Psychology
Ryder Dschida, History Education Program Leader, History
Yvonne Everett, Professor Emerita, Dept. Environmental Science and Management
Ronnie Swartz (in part), Professor, Social Work
Mark Baker, Retired faculty, Environmental Studies
Kim Berry, Professor Emerita, Critical Race, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Sara K. Sterner, Assistant Professor of Education, School of Education
David Tuttle, Lecturer, Computer Science
Tanner Etherton, Economic Analyst, Schatz Energy Research Center
Matthew Simmons, Lecturer, Environmental Science & Management
Dara Adams, Lecturer, Anthropology
Jandy Bergmann, Lecture, Dance, Music, and Theater
Daniel Busch, Staff, Anthropology
Nate Swenson, Faculty, Forestry
Garrett Purchio, Librarian, University Library
Gabriel Vasquez, MFT Trainee, CAPS
Sharon Tuttle Professor Computer Science
Dave Woody Instructor Art + Film
Nicola Walters Lecturer Politics
Carly Marino Librarian Cal Poly Humboldt Library
Kate Foley-Beining Lecturer World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Jessica Urban Retired Associate Professor, Department of Critical Race and Gender Studies Retired
Gary Lewis Lecturer Music
Michelle Cartier Faculty Art and Film
Ani Glenn Health Educator Cal Poly Humboldt Health Education Department
Darci Miranda Facilities Management
Jen Maguire (in part) Professor Social Work
Suzanne Lyons Lecturer, Education Cal Poly Humboldt
Shiloh Soto Staff College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Iván González-Soto Lecturer Environmental Studies
Richard N Brown Faculty Wildlife
Meenal Rana Associate Professor Child Development, Cal Poly Humboldt
Richard N Brown Staff – Campus Veterinarian CNRS
Marylyn Paik-Nicely, Retired Director HSU MultiCultural Center, Student Support Services
Abigail Smithson Lecturer Art + Film
Morgan Barker Faculty Library
Maia Cheli Senior Development Manager Schatz Energy Research Center
Jeremy Nichols Staff Adimin Support II for NAS and CRGS
Jack Murphy Lecturer Environmental Science and Management
Saige Heuer Cultural Resources Facility Student Internship Coordinator Cultural Resources Facility at Cal Poly Humboldt
Jeff Haag Professor emeritus Mathematics
Gillian Black Staff CPH
Debbie faculty social work
Julie Slater, MSW FacultySocial Work
Dove Byrne Faculty Business
Anonymous Staff Member, CPH
Paul Geck Lecturer History
Jean Pfaelzer Former Faculty; current Affiliated Faculty History (formerly English)
Cecilia Catherine TRIO Talent Search Advisor and Professional Development Coordinator SPF
Sue Armitage Instrumental designer Center for Teaching & Learning
Sarah Lasley Art + Film
Amy Ithurburn Staff, Alumni Staff, Native American Studies – Rou Dalagurr Food Sovereignty Lab and Traditional Ecological Knowledges Institute/Alumni, Environment & Community
Joanna Beeg Lecturer Forestry
Melanie Williams Lecturer, Emerita Political Science, Religious Studies
Pia Gabriel (in part) Pre-award Specialist Sponsored Programs Foundation
Mary Ann Creadon Emerita Faculty Department of English
David Stacey Professor Emeritus English
Christopher M Steenbock Lecturer Botany, Biological Sciences
Aubrey Emmons Administrative Analyst (auxiliary staff) Sponsored Programs Foundation – Redwood Coast K-16 Educational Collaborative
Carol West Lecturer Child Development
Nicki Baggett Lecturer Environmental Science and Management
Kyle Morgan Library
Blanca Luevanos Pathways Facilitator Redwood Coast K-16 Education Collaborative
Karen Reiss Adjunct Faculty Biology
Kumi Watanabe-Schock Library Media Coordinator Library
Azure Pellegrino Lecturer Psychology
Elizabeth Rienzi Lecturer Sociology
Barbara Goldberg English Department, Emerita Lecturer
Shelbi Schroeder Faculty
Nora Wynne Adjunct Faculty, School of Education, Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Jessica Coming Communications Specialist
Tonia Brito-Bersi Lab technician (staff)
Marlene’ Dusek Native American Studies Lecturer
Ernesto Chavez-Velasco Staff, Natural Resources department, graduate student Cal Poly Humboldt
Alejandro Torres Staff Psychotherapist (Latinx focus) Counseling & Psychological Services
Sue Y. Lee Professor Emerita Biological Sciences
Archie Mossman Professor Emeritus Wildlife
Ines Morales Fellow Support Coordinator (staff) Center for Community Based Learning
Jay Schock Staff Financial Aid Office
Enrique Guerrero Visiting Professor of Physics and CPH Alumni Physics
Robert Cliver Professor History
Dawn Khepri Student Services Specialist Financial Aid
Laurie Richmond Professor Environmental Science & Management
Baron Parks (Staff) Transfer Specialist Admissions
Jenny Blair Staff Psychotherapist CAPS
Rebecca Wood Student Services Specialist Financial Aid
Ivan Contreras Mendoza Staff, Admissions Counselor Office of Admissions
Andrea Santamaria Counselor Admissions
Noah Batchman Admissions Counselor Office of Admissions
Carly Slade Assistant Professor Art+Film
Cara Peters, Pre-Award Support & Marketing Coordinator, SPF Office of Research & Sponsored Programs Foundation
Matthew Dean Professor World Languages and Cultures
Alana ChinAssistant Professor Biological Sciences
Carrie Walpole Lecturer Dance, Music, and Theatre
Jeff Black (in part) Professor (Wildlife Conservation and Management) Department of Wildlife
Amy Sprowles FacultyBiological Sciences
Alyssa Semerdjian staff Biological Sciences
Chelsea Belden Board Coordinator (Staff) Associated Students
Heidi Rutschow Lecturer Biological Sciences
Serenity Bowen Lecturer Social Work and NAS
Claudia Velasco-Morales TRIO Talent Search College Access Advisor Cal Poly Humboldt
Cassandra May Research Associate Native American Studies
Marlette Grant-Jackson Academic Advisor – ITEPP Cal Poly Humboldt – ITEPP
Melitta Jackson Resource Sharing and Information Specialist Library
Joseph Dieme FacultyWLC
Dane Oppenborn Program support specialist College of Extended Education & Global Engagement
Mark Castro Co-Director, Cultural Resources Facility & Lecturer, Department of Anthropology Anthropology
Dana Williams Professor Sociology
Noel DiBenedetto Administrative Supportive Coordinator Dean of Students
Niki Conley Lecturer Art and Film
Jonae Calderon Staff Financial Analyst CNRS
Sydney Tabbert Cal Poly Humboldt
Dr. Leena Dallasheh History – former HSU professor
Brittany Britton Gallery Director- Reese Bullen & Goudi’ni Native American Arts Galleries Art + Film Department
India Vekarić Eichelbaugh Supplemental Instruction leader and Writing Studio consultant Cal Poly Humboldt student and staff member
Charles Sharpe Retired instructor (Rec/Kinesiology ) Kinesiology and Psychology (M.A. 1980)
Barbara Brinson Curiel Professor Emerita Critical Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies and English
Andy Harris Schatz Energy Research Center
Benjamin Graham Associate Professor Psychology
Stephen Nachtigall Associate Professor Art + Film
Jen “JD” Dyke Project Director TRIO Upward Bound
Christopher Walmsley Associate Professor Department of Psychology
Elizabeth Faidley Staff member, IST III CNRS
Nicola Waugh Lecturer Art + Film
Nora A Montoya Staff Academic Advising Center
Michel Sargent Media Specialist Center For Teaching & Learning
Jeffrey Frederick Lecturer Psychology
Julie Raich Dieme FacultyWorld Languages and Cultures
Sulaina Banks Staff Admissions
Carolyn Ortenburger (in part) staff, community member
Felicia Stansbury Lecturer Social Work
Jose R. Marin Jarrin, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries Biology
Signed by an additional 884 students, alumni, community supporters, and California State University faculty at other campuses.
BEFORE YOU GO – The
fire all who sign this
Wrong Mr. Clark. Honor them for doing the right thing. Support them for saying No to Zionist Genocide with US taxpayer dollars. The same dollars that built the university in the first place and pay it’s administration and our law enforcement. I pay a shitload of taxes, and I support this protest.
How dare they pick up the chairs thrown around as a barricade?! Now that truck is a “militarized vehicle”!!!…..Okay, some of the letter is good. But anybody who signed it with this in there is….an idiot and a moron. Fire them all….They should not be mis-educating the students….
Where’s the demands for an end to Hamas led terrorism? How about some mention of their barbaric treatment of women and lgbt? Maybe something about the lack of any democracy in Palestine? Meanwhile Arabs have a seat at the political table in Israe. This is just cherry picking atrocities from one side while down playing the same from the other. You have to wonder how many of these protesters could find Gaza on a blank map. Virtue signaling gone haywire..
Evem the FACULTY knows the local Law Enforcement was violnet and that their violent reaction was uncalled for!
University Senate calls for Cal Poly Humboldt President Tom Jackson to resign
On Thursday afternoon, Cal Poly Humboldt’s University Senate met a two-thirds majority to make a vote of no confidence for President Tom Jackson and Chief of Staff Mark Johnson. The general faculty of the university demanded the immediate resignation of both Jackson and Johnson.
While the results need to be verified by staff to ensure all votes are valid —many proxy votes were made due to the short nature of the meeting — Patrick Malloy said the preliminary count Thursday for both proxy votes and those polled at the meeting surpassed a two-thirds majority.
The resolution notes that shortly after students occupied Siemens Hall, the university called on multiple law enforcement agencies to respond, which included dozens of armed, non-university police officers arriving at Siemens Hall wearing body armor and carrying shields.
President Tom Jackson and Chief of Staff Mark Johnson, through their unfamiliarity with the Cal Poly student body, mishandled the protest by calling those law enforcement agencies to attempt to extract protesters from Siemens Hall, which led to the injury of students and faculty of Cal Poly Humboldt,” the resolution states.
Three students were arrested and some were injured in a clash with police. According to student protesters interviewed by the Times-Standard over the past week, the initial aim was to occupy the building and allow classes to continue — however, the administration responded by closing off the building, evacuating classes and later calling seeking the aid multiple police agencies to remove the group. Now, dozens are barricaded in the hall with demands including divestment.
The resolution states the general faculty of Cal Poly Humboldt has no confidence in the leadership of President Tom Jackson and his Chief of Staff Mark Johnson. It demands Cal Poly Humboldt not pursue disciplinary action or legal prosecution against any students for actions taken in connection with the protest and occupation of Siemens Hall. It calls for accommodations to be made for students to complete the semester and compensation for student employees.
Chair Jim Woglom, who has been meeting with the occupiers, emphasized the need to get the kids out of the building safely at the meeting. He said he planned to meet with the occupiers Thursday afternoon to discuss demands
https://www.times-standard.com/2024/04/26/update-university-senate-calls-for-cal-poly-humboldt-president-tom-jackson-to-resign/
Interesting…the Chair of the Facilty Senate has been and continues to conspire with the illegal occupiers?
And the Faculty Senate takes a rushed vote on a resolution blaming the police and CPH Admin for the chaos caused by the takeover of the building?
The resolution calls for no charges against the illegal occupiers (including faculty members!) who have committed numerous crimes, including trespassing, forcefully resisting arrest, assaulting police officers, committing widespread vandalism, destroying property and ransacking offices and files.
The vote was so rushed that many faculty members voted by proxy. It’s likely that many of those voting didn’t read or understand the resolution. All they knew was “Police Bad, CPH Bad” –
By the way, does anyone remember what the protest is about?
Protest is over the indiscriminate slaughter and US support for the slaughter and carpet bombing of Palestine which is now known to be a genocide.
Dis you stand up against genocide , or did you support genocide of women and children with over 150,000 injured and killed, mostly women and children?
Are you on the side of the murderous genocidists?
Did you support the Oct 7th attack by Hamas on Israel, with associated killings and kidnapping? With Hamas hiding under the cover of women and children, plus using hospitals to hide in as well?
On Oct 6th, a cease fire had already existed, and was broken by Hamas. Israel simply responded in force, to make sure such an attack never happens again.
Do you support IRGUN, the Zionist terrorist group predating Hamas?
I condemn the state of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and the 75 years of apartheid policies promulgated by the Israeli government.
That said, the idiot protesters have made the “protest” about taking and holding a building, not about the war on Gaza or even divestment.
You only need to look at the comments, including yours, to see that the original point of the protest has been lost.
Instead, it’s all about the criminal behavior of the occupiers who forcefully resisted and assaulted the police and who have thoroughly ransacked and trashed the building.
I dont see any of these paid protesters buying a ticket to gaza.
Most of them would be thrown off a building if they went there. These are the people in the videos after 9/11 that were cheering. I guess these youngsters missed that part.
Humboldt now says anyone remaining on campus is subject to either citation or arrest.
Jesus, preparing for a mass casualty event? This is crazy.
Dear students: You fucked up. Don’t make it worse.
I hope these students have a plan B.
I suggest, wait till nightfall, go out the backdoor and head for home, cause your CPH days are over.
The FaceBook page video is pretty cool. What a lot of graffiti on the walls, that’s totally fucked up.
Is that some of the protesters walking by?
Hope your reporter stays safe.
The graffiti looks like Charles Manson and his followers.
Everyone knows how violent local law enforcement is. They just shot someone yesterday…. They need to bring in counselors and deescalate. There are small children in those buildings which I saw on Kym Kemp Facebook page video.
The officer shot a man who had just shot a 75-year-old woman and was pointing his gun at officers. Deescalate yourself with the facts.
They shot someone because he was pointing a gun at them and just shot a 70 year old lady. It was well deserved
You should be there protecting them. While you’re there ask them what they are protesting!! See how many can answer
Oh, you’re one of them. Counselors, pfft. Get a clue.
I saw law enforcement become violent. This was a nonviolent civil disobedience sit in before law enforcement got violent elbowing kids in the face and clubbing and jabbing them in the ribs with billy clubs.
The protesters, who were also breaking the law by trespassing, were forcefully resisting arrest, including assaulting the officers.
What did you expect would happen?
Watch clip from beginning, who escalated what?
https://youtu.be/7MvIC0XPkNE?feature=shared
The socalled “peaceful protesters” were forcibly resisting arrest. That’s where it starts. Then they became violent. Oh, and what about your claims there was no vandalism?
Out of the two groups in that clip one of them was lawfully there, the other escalated the situation by occupying the building and setting up barriers.
Root cause.
And forcefully resisting and assaulting the officers. Not to mention ransacking and trashing the building.
Submit to state violence or you will be subjected to greater state violence.
What happened to this country?
When did it become ok for lawbreakers to decide they had a right not to be arrested?
Do you mean practitioners of Non violent civil disobedience who by taking a political stand against genocide purposefully get arresteand choose to draw attention to a greater humanitarian effort to end the GENOCIDAL INVASION BY ISRAEL?
You are diminishing the impact of the word “genocide” and insulting anyone who has actuality suffered from it.
600,000 Ukrainians killed in the CIA proxy war is closer to Genocide. Why aren’t they protesting that?
Genocide is being used by multiple sources to describe the Israel Hamas war. There are still legal scholars that argue it isn’t, but the International Court of Justice issued a preliminary finding that Israel seemed to have the intention to commit genocide.
https://archive.ph/20240202171323/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/01/26/world/middleeast/icj-gaza-provisional-ruling.html
Not exactly. But let’s all lose our heads over it anyway. The “decision” said it couldn’t decide genocide was going one but Israel should act to prevent it just in case. Couldn’t image a more weaselly ruling.
The ruling said
“The court ordered Israel to refrain from any acts that could fall under the Genocide Convention and to ensure its troops commit no genocidal acts in Gaza.
“At least some of the acts and omissions alleged by South Africa to have been committed by Israel in Gaza appear to be capable of falling within the provisions of the (Genocide) Convention,” the judges said…
The ruling required Israel to prevent and punish any public incitements to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and to preserve evidence related to any allegations of genocide there.
Israel must also take measures to improve the humanitarian situation for Palestinian civilians in the enclave, it said.
However, the court did not demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, something that Israel says would allow Hamas militants to regroup and to launch new attacks on the country.
The court also said it was “gravely concerned” about the fate of hostages held in Gaza and called on Hamas and other armed groups to immediately release them without conditions.”
Didn’t call it genocide but said some of the actions “plausibly” might look like it. Mostly enjoined Israel to punish those calling for genocide of Palestinians. Didn’t of course address Palestinian calls for genocide. There’s this view “That promise has been repeatedly broken—in Bosnia, Darfur and Rwanda, to name a few. Each new case brought before the International Court of Justice (icj) in The Hague ought to give the world a chance to make good on its word and help strengthen the taboo against genocide by clarifying the obligations of countries to prevent and punish it. Alas, South Africa’s claim that Israel is committing genocide against the Palestinians, heard by the icj this week, cheapens the term.”
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/01/18/charging-israel-with-genocide-makes-a-mockery-of-the-icj
https://www.bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=2291875
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/01/18/charging-israel-with-genocide-makes-a-mockery-of-the-icj
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/key-takeaways-world-court-decision-israei-genocide-case-2024-01-26/
Couldn’t be more clear that the ICJ didn’t make a ruling of genocide against Israel. As she put it “She said that, contrary to some reporting, that the court did not make a ruling on whether the claim of genocide was plausible, ”
“Joan Donoghue, who has just retired as president of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), spoke to BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur about the case brought by South Africa to the ICJ over alleged violations of the Genocide Convention by Israel.
Ms Donoghue explained that the court decided the Palestinians had a “plausible right” to be protected from genocide and that South Africa had the right to present that claim in the court.
She said that, contrary to some reporting, that the court did not make a ruling on whether the claim of genocide was plausible, but it did emphasise in its order that there was a risk of irreparable harm to the Palestinian right to be protected from genocide.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68906919
Israel is attempting to obliterate any vestige of the Palestinian history and culture in Gaza.
The IDF and IAF have destroyed virtually all health care facilities, schools and universities, mosques (and churches), cemeteries, heritage and archeological sites, residential and commercial neighborhoods, agricultural areas, water, wastewater and energy infrastructure in areas under their control and have even plowed up the streets.
Israeli forces have deliberately targeted health care and aid workers and journalists and have indiscriminately murdered civilians, including their own citizens.
Israel has deliberately starved the civilian population by denying and then restricting the entry of food and water and has severely restricted entry of medical supplies.
Kinda/sorta looks like genocide to me.
Anyone can accuse anyone of anything. To disregard the use Hamas has made hospitals, schools, mosques, etc to hide their soldiers, hide hostages, use tunnels to attack from ambush, etc makes your allegations sheer spin. Being so outrageously biased means your opinions can’t be taken seriously. Such extremism creates such damage to credibility that efforts to help the humanity crisis always flounder on the willingness of Hamas and their supporters to abuse it.
The reality is that Palestinian Americans and their allies have cherry picked information to eliminated the history violent xenophobia that rejected Jewish immigration from the start of zionism and continues to this day to make it look like it’s all Israel’s doing. That’s it’s the same as currently dispersed European colonization, white supremacy and calls it genocide.
It finds okd fashioned American antisemitism as an ally, using all the age old tropes to fuel its protests. That should scare any sensible American.
Israel has hardened its distrust of Arab Palestinians , who have done much to justify the distrust. Arab Palestinians have bathed in their hate of Israel for generations. There are just complaints from both sides because neither can envision existing with each other. But both reject their own guilt in creating it. If either tries to find a compromise, some wing in either side sabotages it. Deliberately and callously. Despite all the proxy self-righteousness, Americans should not participate in confirming these sick positions by picking sides because it only means continuing violence on both sides.
We agree there’s a plenitude of blame to go around but you seem to think the U. S. should continue funding and supplying the Israeli war machine and give Israel a free hand to continue the wholesale destruction of Gaza.
Fake Name Alert: Lower Case “truth be told” either lacks the imagination to choose their own screen name or deliberately chooses to try and confuse and deceive people.
For the record, the real Truth Be Told condemns the state of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.
I hadn’t realized you were using another commenter’s name. Please choose another.
Thank you, Kym!!
What we’ve seen is NOT “non-violent civil disobedience” and far from getting “purposefully arrested” the idiot protesters have sabotaged their own protest by resisting and assaulting the police.
You and they have made it all about holding a building and attempting to provoke the police. Good job!
they dont use billy clubs. Lie much?
The protesters were occupying the building, there aren’t enough resources to monitor protestors occupying a building, and deal with the other stuff going on in the county.
Casualty does not mean death. If they get pepper spray in the eye and have to be treated, that is a casualty.
Crying spoiled brats aren’t casualties. Move to the Plaza public square where they can be seen and supported
Just sickening that they had to be ready for that, especially with resources being thin. The students or whoever have to stay out of the buildings if they’re going to protest.
Here’s to the abundance of caution pending a mass casualty event. Good show MRH! [edit]
I hope you’re not too disappointed when your twisted hopes for violence and death don’t come to fruition.
“Now the only way for these Marxists to save face is self-immolation. Is there a burn unit in the county?”
… you write.
Yikes, don’t.
How many, uh, Marxists do you think are actually there?
Good edit.
The edit was by the moderator deleting most of the original comment which you quoted in your initial comment.
Yes, good edit.
Please change your fake email address or you won’t be allowed to comment again. Please note the rules.
May we suggest the reporter uses live stream? It’s important the video airs to the media stations.
Peaceful protests are out right. However, vandalizing, destruction, shutting down a business, taking buildings hostage is not. It’s domestic terrorism. THese children need to be charged for these crimes as well as expelled.
Chill out, it’s called nonviolent student civil disobedience. Nobody was injured except when the cops beat that guy in the head with the baton and the other 300 lb beast cop elbowed that 110lb guy in the head repeatedly when the two were shoved from behind into the violent officers.
They are not children. They are 18 and over they are adults and should be treated as such. Terrorism is right they disrupt the lives of the other students and pull much needed cops away from their regular duties. Go in arrest the lot of them and put them in jail where they belong. Civil disobedance my ass they are vandalizing property and disrupting a lot of lives.
Who is the victim of their supposed terrorism?
The cop bully clubbing the little guy in the head or the 300 lb Beast elbowing the 110# guy in the eyes and face?
Explain in detail what makes them terrorists?
If they were terrorist then why is there a ” safe passage exit” for the supposed terrorists? Perhaps they are just college kids being college kids and protesting like they did with human sit-ins in the summer of 1969? Peace, love, ganja?
Chill out, your getting all nuts bro
Only one condoning violence are the. Ones on this blog hoping the cops in riot gear beat up and injured young college students on their own campus protesting a bloody genocide. Chill Bill
The two at the front — neither were 300 pounds.
You are a chaos lover, or reliving your 60’s protests. They did not invoke a peaceful sit in. People can walk through sit ins. This, not so much.
You conveniently miss the student hitting the officer with a large hard jug.
We weren’t there when it started so have no way of knowing what the initial take over was like. You don’t know what you don’t know.
I do wonder what happened before the tape started rolling?
Who made that stupid decision to escalate rather than chill and think things through wisely. A wrong move and like Columbia University Crackdown, next week there will be 5000 more to the event … if the cops get violent the protests grow everytime. Let’s see how smart Billy the kid Honsal is…
I believe you’ve been voted off the island …. again.
I support your comments Mendo. I notice you really get the haters bowels in an uproar. Keep up the good work and give them the juice they love to stew in.
Yes. That’s the whole point isn’t it? Not to be honest, truthful or just. Just “get the haters bowels in an uproar. “
Terrorism is wrong, wtf are u saying? Violence is wrong!
Naa violence is sometimes necessary like in this case. They are passive aggressive. Walk in and arrest them. No one said anything about beating them but if they resist do what it takes to get them to jail.
Seal the doors and windows, turn off the electricity, heating, and water. Pop some corn and watch the show.
Why not let them be and let time resolve the perceived “threat”. The only violence that occured was by the cops so far.
Remember Ghandi, the master of Civil Disobedience quote, it is very much alive today:
“First They Ignore You, Then They Laugh At You, Then They Fight You, Then You Win.” Ghandi
It looked pretty violent when someone was repeatedly clubbing the officers with a 5 gallon rigid plastic water jug.
You must be joking right…???
If a group of people occupied your home and caused the same destruction would you “let them be and let time resolve the perceived ‘threat’” or would you want the police to remove them?
Make sure you send those expulsion notifications to the parents, student loan institutions, and future employers for the maximum effectiveness.
Look at the video that in on RedHeaded Blackbelt’s Facebook page that was shot at 5 p.m. and tell me that the vandalism and destruction of just about every surface of Siemens Hall was a peaceful event. Vile, hateful comments were written. This all being in a building honoring an altruistic Holocaust survivor. Shame, shame, shame on the protesters.
I saw no hateful messages, the only violence has been by law enforcement. Scribbles on walls that can easily be painted. Cry me a river 😭 I saw students and faculty members, lots of older people as well as what appeared to be a 5 year old child. Hope law enforcement notes there are children inside. Hope law enforcement does not turn this into a Waco Texas Massacre. We all know they are butt hurt about not being able to smash heads and now they got really bad media coverage which makes the law enforcement look like violent goons attacking college kids on international media and news outlets with millions of views on tiktok and social media.
Hopefully the children are removed from their irresponsible parents and parental rights are terminated for severe child endangerment and abuse. No parental with 2 brain cells would do this to their child.
I didn’t see any dangers, except, the video shows people walking around and checking out the artwork on the walls as if they were in an art gallery the dangerous rookie cops who attacked the students before trying every other remedy to deescalate, I thought these cops were professionals at de-escalation tactics??? They were hardly professional, they acted like aggressive violent thugs on the video I sent the link to 50 different international media outlets.
Where is the threat to safety, it seems the only threat to safety and the only violence is coming from HCSO and law enforcement.
Vandalism isn’t the same as violence. I don’t condone the vandalism at all, but it is not violence. So, yes, it was a peaceful event.
Oh? You missed the part where the protesters were forcefully and some were violently resisting arrest?
I missed the part, I don’t recall that part no
Didn’t think you would!
You probably missed the occupiers vandalizing, ransacking and trashing the building, too.
“…tell me that the vandalism and destruction of just about every surface of Siemens Hall was a peaceful event.”…
…”Shame, shame, shame, on the protesters.”
Tell me that this type of Biden supplied vandalism and destruction of just about every surface of Gaza is Israeli self-defense…
Shame, shame, shame, on the Israelies, on Biden, and on all the Americans that AREN’T collectively protesting it…
And stop pissing yourselves and whining over a little spray paint, and some rearranged lawn furniture, if you’re not going to lift even a finger nor even raise your squeaky little voices to stop the merciless annihilation of Gaza and the Palestinians.
Give me a damn break…
It’s a cowardly look, and sounds even less courageous.
Are you men, or are you mice…???
This is what is happened to ALL TEN of the Universities in Gaza…
EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM, AND IT ALL HAPPENED IN THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE ISRAELI/GAZA WAR…
Here is the last one being destroyed by Israel, turned to dust…
https://youtu.be/BOfC8xYddxM?si=nlQfhjshWITeoeug
Well said. Of mice and men… Squeaky little arm chair whiners at best is so correct. Supporting the murder injury and genocide of over 150,000 is heartless. They are insane
Continued…
The above screenshot is of destruction in Gaza unrelated to the destruction of universities.
The link is to a video of the tenth and last university in Gaza being turned into dust by the Israelies…
It’s unconscionable for so many to haplessly ignore it all, and then for the very same clueless dipshits to then absolutely shit their collective designer skinny jeans and stomp their Gucci covered feet in it, over the relatively totally benign kerfuffles that are happening at just a very few of our countless Universities.
It’s absolutely embarrassing, actually…
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So you are at the protest participating? Or are you just protesting from the comfort of your home.
At least I am actively speaking out against the atrocities being perpetrated against the Palestinians in Gaza, by the Israelies, who are being funded and militarily armed with bombs and weaponry by Biden and his ilk.
And you…??
…like so many others’, your comments squeak for themselves.
Pat yourself on the back. Valiant effort
Nice…… I guess if Hamas does not want schools and hospitals bombed then they should quit hiding in them.
Watch the link that I posted above of Israel detonating 315 mines inside of the very last university in Gaza…
Nobody was hiding in it…
Not Hamas, not anyone…
Israel had command and control over the entire structure, enough so to confidently plant the 315 explosive mines, but, of course you are obviously just parroting loathsome IDF propaganda…
Do carry on, by all means, your dialogue speaks for itself.
It’s so easy for Israel to commit the worst atrocities it has planned for decades to achieve with the maximum kill and anytime they purposefully bomb a hospital to achieve the goal of maximum kill and destruction of Gaza infrastructure they can so calmly claim it was because Hamas was hiding there. I call bullshit. 🐂 💩
Masks, helmets, backpacks, communications, blockades, strategy. Check. Done all at once across the nation on college campus with the weakest minded humans. Check. They came well prepared like Antifa. Check. Hmmm. Just like BLM riots. Check. Done year of federal elections just like 2020. Check. This a part of a greater Democrat Party run and funded psyop concerning the upcoming Get Trump election and the quest for the Ring to rule us all. Vote these devious goons right out of office and never let them get power ever again, they suck hard.
It’s the Dems war. Trump was 1st president in 70 years who didn’t go to war.
Law enforcement on campus to support the University mission to keep Law and order. WTF. If that’s the mission then a whole bunch of PHDs need to be stripped of their degrees, their jobs, their access to campus. If there was a GPA given for keeping a safe campus they would all have negative numbers. And Honsal on scene? That gives everyone a not so warm and fuzzy feeling of having competent law enforcement ready to assist. After he and the EPD Chief had their love fest with BLM rioters they all just continued doing the same rioting and looting and nothing was accomplished.
Mad River Hospital on lock down in case of a mass casualty event, sending staff home because it’s too dangerous? Please… just please.
It’s time to put a stop to this. If the terrorists get hurt or worse in the process, it is well deserved. Domestic terrorists supporting foreign terrorists is kind of the worst nightmare we could have, but because of liberal “policies” or actually lack of policies, it is far above Honsal’s ability to fix
Let’s bring in the Governor, rep Huffman and sen McGuire and let them talk down these losers they caused.
Liberal policies of funding genocide really do suck. Too bad we have a government who is now viewed as implicit to genocide. The whole world hates Biden and the US Government controlled by Larry Fink of Black Water. Do your research
Yes strange actually , there is no leadership or spokes people to represent us anymore! It’s obvious these “leaders” have failed us. Really, what could Newsom possibly say when he is obviously in bed with Biden in these war(s).
☮️💟🇺🇲
Larry Flynn of Black Water is pulling Bidens Puppet Strings.
You should listen to Newsom being interviewed by Adam Carolla. It’s from a while back, but it is quite revealing.
Looks like CPH admin got the protestors to bend over and back down with nothing but strongly worded empty threats. Well played.
Your opinion counts!
Should law enforcement injure and hurt unarmed nonviolent anti genocide protestors at Cal Poly Humboldt?
What is your opinion?
Should law enforcement fire bomb as they did in Waco Texas Massacre? Where do you stand?? Your opinion matters!
Looks like ignorance is not so blissful. Anyone, even idiots know that trespassing, vandalism, terrorist demands and all other vile crap these losers are doing are considered violent crime. Only really dishonest people try passing it off as peaceful protest. Give all thinking people a break.
Should law enforcement respond with violence? Is that a yes?
I agree with Alf. Restore Order and Crush the Campus Jihadist Thugs NOW!
“Crush” is pushing it Joe. Stick to obvious legal responses.
They need to be removed with the least amount of force necessary. However, if told to leave and they refuse, escalate to tear gas or crowd control pepper spray. If they are still resisting, that is when physical force must start. Whatever physical force is needed to handcuff them, load them into a jail bus and get them behind bars. If they physically resist, than, no, I don’t care what injuries or worse they receive. Getting them behind bars on no bail is good riddance in my book. Of course, then the DA would need to charge and prosecute… good luck with that in our do nothing DA office.
I’m glad to hear you say that violence is the last resort and restraint and non-violent solutions come first. Once things get violent then things get crazy and there is no going back. I’m no cop but I’ve worked lots of festival security gigs and this is also my strategy. Physical force/violence is a tool but it’s the last one in the bag…not to be grabbed first or chosen lightly
What was the terrorist demand? I saw band heard no threats! Did u see a terror threat? It’s nonviolent. I wouldn’t support these kids if they were violent, I saw violent cops attack these kids
Cops pretty much suck at resolving this sort of thing. Send in somebody else whom they might listen to, and if they won’t come out, then let them have a hunger strike, I guess. Perhaps the right person, or persons, could offer up a bigger better venue, somewhere else, with even bigger exposure. They might get arrested along the way, but that’s just a minor, quick inconvenience. Why not rent the Cow Palace?
The cops already become violent with these young college kids. As the international media picked up on the video, maybe local support is missing but international support to end the genocide is popular right now. Nobody with a heart thinks it’s okay for Israel to retaliate by killing and injuring over 150,000 people of whom 2/3 are innocent women and children.
Genocide is wrong, it’s non partisan, you don’t have to stand by the Democrats and support this just because you voted for Biden, stand up and admit killing mass children and acts of genocide is wrong. Kudos to every one of these college kids for bringing attention to ending this horrible genocide committed by Israel and funded by us taxpayers.
It’s unfortunate for Humboldt, and for America, that voices such as yours, are the exception, rather than the rule…
Their rarity does not bode well for the future of America.
It’s what I wish our leader sounded like…
Many of these commenters seem to be numbed down and out of touch with compassion and out of touch with their hearts and souls.
Pray for them.
You two would do better over at the lost coast outhouse. That’s where the lefty’s and dem nerds hang out in their echo chamber and any opposing comments get deleted. You’re probably not going to convince anyone here to see things your way.
The site owner and most of the reporters here are liberal. Just because I allow more conservative voices (and frankly some wild conspiracy theorists) in the comment section doesn’t mean you get to vote folks off the island that you don’t agree with. That runs across the political spectrum. Follow the rules and your opinion can be stated no matter if I or any other commenter doesn’t like it.
Pretty funny that Noway a Man “identifies” as a Righty…
I guess we will all have to humor “him”…
😁
Waco? Why not throw in Ruby Ridge? You’re also mistaken about the what happened at Waco. There is NO evidence that the authorities started the fire. But you probably think 9/11 was an inside job and the moon landing was staged.
Building 7? Silverstein building. Explain that. Alw Jones predicted 911 and said the US government would fly planes into the World Trade Center and blow it up and Blame it on Osama Bin Laden. Look it up .. Alex Jones predicted 911 false flag terrorism event. It was all about getting us into war and passing the the Homeland Security Act which stripped us of our rights.
Keep Believing in the Government. They are here to help lmao 😂🤣
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=16a-9SgnJOo
No evidence…???
Right.
I guess all the evidence burned up….
Just like the authorities had in mind…
I can still remember how the helicopter fanned the dying flames of that dwindling fire into a conflagration like a bellows, by hovering low directly over it, in order to thoroughly burn everything up…
I can still see it…
You’re trying to cause trouble.
I’m not bashing protestors heads or commiting acts of Genocide, that’s the US Government and Israel!
I’m not the violent one. I don’t condone or support violence like many others on this thread.
Interfering with people’s lives, vandalism, and assault and battery are not free speech.
So should the cops rough them up and get violent to prove their point?
No. They should ask them to leave one final time, and then use non lethal methods to remove them. I like the idea of the net gun which immobilizes humans like floundering fish. How about using organic, compostable, corn based temporary foam cement which is dispersed through a fire hose snd freezes the culprits in place. They can be cut out with a industrial sized version of that hand held dremmel tool they use in the hospital to cut off casts, which at first experience seems like it could cut your arm off. Also that sound weapon the military uses to disperse crowds which makes humans puke seems like a great option! Do you have any ideas which will satisfy the sensitive feelings of the concrete windmill religious people? The people who reel in horror when Dirty Harry streams on Sunday night while jumping for joy when seeing an Israeli commune(kibbutz) comprised of leftist hippies who on,y sought peace get torn to shreds? Go figure…..
Preparing for a mass casualty event?! Why? There’s absolutely no reason for a mass casualty event. To my knowledge, the protesters appeared to be armed with nothing more than water bottles and tables and chairs. Any ” mass casualty event ” means there was massive abuse and excessive use of force on law enforcement’s part. Obviously, asking them nicely to leave hasn’t worked, but there’s no excuse to use the amount of force that’s going to cause a “mass casualty event”.
Everybody can be great. Because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You don’t have to know about Plato and Aristotle to serve. You don’t have to know Einstein’s theory of relativity to serve. You don’t have to know the second theory of thermodynamics to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
when the history books are written in the future , somebody will have to say, “There were once protests against the Israeli Genocide at this campus, protests that aired on all the news networks worldwide, there was a group of students who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights, a group of students who stood up against genocide while many brainwashed Americans supported genocide of women and children, And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and of civilization.”
Now there is…Restore Order and Crush the Campus Jihadist Thugs NOW!
“Crush” = violence.
.No to all violence.
An eye for an eye leaves the world blind
Love us good.
Violence is bad
Peace out bro 🚬
Three years ago I was fortunate to have had dinner with Dr. Tom Jackson, the new president of Cal Poly Humboldt, and his diverse and accomplished employees. The dinner party was a small gathering at a nice restaurant in Arcata. Dr Jackson was new to the area, and as I sat across from him at the dinner table, it was apparent why he was chosen as the new leader of CPH. He conveyed a benign aura of strength and kindness. This along with an “I can make change happen” certainty. Cal Poly Humboldt is in good hands.
I met Dr Jacksoni n 2023, it was a great talk and I found Dr Jackson to be extremely kind and intellectual. Very good man.
So where is he?
Working on his resignation letter.
That’s nice.
Stop reporting on this. They will go away.
It’s entertainment and it has huge community involvement in the comment section and at the University. There are many community members supporting the students nonviolent protest. Plus it brings awareness and consciousness to the fact the Genocide has killed so many innocent women and children. Do u support genocide and killing innocent women and children ? I don’t!
Join the side of peace! 🕊️
The moment the American flag is disrespected and another un-allied flag is plastered everywhere is when chaos driven anarchist become terrorists who are disrespecting everything we fought for to make this nation birthed into its existence. Everyone one who supports or fuels the fire of this unspeakable behavior *cough*(Mendo Known 50 Years)*cough* and those involved in the destruction of this institution of standard learning should be charged and taken to Guantanamo Bay. They don’t deserve to have any American rights that our soldiers and law enforcement fight for every day. If you support Palestine then move to one of these nine countries (Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and Turkey). If you are confused on who we’re are allied with and which ones we consider terrorists, then go here and read real info for a change then listening to sheep telling other sheep they are lions. https://www.state.gov/foreign-terrorist-organizations/ and if you are wanting a history lesson for the kids there, then you can show them this article on the PLO. And if they get hungry then they can continue to eat paint chips and glue from their poster board projects. That is if their mommies and daddies gave them their weekly allowances. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Imad-Mugniyah https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-us-policy-israeli-palestinian-conflict
So where are these protesters holed up at?
So hardworking young adults that kept their nose to the grindstone for four years won’t enjoy the graduation experience because of these few asshats? They’ve been asked politely to leave but the show must go on, extract them from campus immediately, they can reform their camp on the plaza where they won’t interrupt state operation of CPH and there’s less property at risk. Free speech in the public Square
No, they can’t reform their camp on the plaza. They can go to Murder Mountain and continue. Good luck with that protesters.
Though I believe in the freedom of speech, whatever this protest was/is has caused a hard close of Cal Poly Humboldt, there’s no area that would be a good place for this, except Murder Mountain.
Not The Plaza.
The cognitive dissonance displayed in the comments of people defending this moronic occupation and vandalism is disgusting. RIP logic.
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The current campus protests are not actually about, Israel, Palestine, war, or any other concrete issue.
They exist to recruit members, create activists, and train leaders as part of the process of “MOVEMENT BUILDING.”
Lee Staples Explains this in “Roots to Power.”👇
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Leftists don’t pick up issues because they want to solve problems. They only pick up issues they can use todevelop leaders, train activists, and grow their “Grassroots Community Organizations.”
For the left, solving the problem isn’t the point….the point is to get power.
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The forward to the book that I have been quote was written by Richard Cloward and Francis Fox Piven.
Cloward and Piven are long time activist/academics and have been members of the radical left since the 60’s.
They are very important names that you should know because….
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As @ConceptualJames explained on the @joerogan podcast, they were the architects of the Cloward-Piven strategy of overwhelming government systems in order to collapse them…the using the collapse as an opportunity to advance the leftists agenda.
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As outlined very clearly in the activist manual “beautiful Trouble,” the goal of leftist protest movements is to build a base of power that they can use to leverage against their opponents.
The goal is never the main point, the main point is to build a base of power.
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As Eric Mann explains in “Playbook for Progressives,” movement building is about creating a multiplier effect wherein people who become invested also become recruiters and activists. Those people then go a recruit new people.
This is the goal of the protests.
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Once you realize neither Hamas nor Israel nor the U.S. government is going to make decision because a bunch of wealthy college students protest on a university campus, you realize that stopping the war is not the goal
The goal is to create COMMUNITY INVESTMENT IN THE MOVEMENT
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The goal of the protests is to get students invested in the issue so leftists can use this as an opportunity to recruit, teach, and train these students to become leftist activists.
In effect, the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution
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These kids are looking for something meaningfull and important in their lives, and this protest has all the verbiage and rhetoric of really mattering: “justice,” “genocide,” “rights,” and so fourth. That paired with the excitement gives students a taste of meaning…
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Meaning is a powerful drug.
Once these kids find their meaning an purpose in achieving the left’s vision it will be very difficult to dislodge that vision from them because it will be that very vision that gives their lives meaning.
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The right needs to be able to articulate a vision that is more powerful. That is, we need to give these kids a vision of something greater that can superseed and dislodge Critical Social Justice/woke as the locus of meaning.
And we need to start doing that now…
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Criticism is not enough, we need to articulate a positive vision of liberty that can compete with the left’s vision.
If we don’t offer these kids some sense of deep meaning the the left will just keep recruiting them into the absurdism of woke ideology.
Gaza protests are recruitment operation for the fascist brownshirts, soon they’ll march against American freedoms
I so believe this.
They aren’t doing it for the real reason they doing it cause like this says it gives them meaning and purpose.
It makes their voice heard.
I say why not use your voice for child/human trafficking stopping drug over doses helping the homeless I guess I could go on for awhile.
It’s amazing the things kids and adults will do to just be heard.
I keep hearing people say oh they should have kept the peace 🕊️ we did back in the day. But they were literally faced with riot police from Redding and the situation escalated. And back in the day we got pepper spray poured in our eyes, Loggers fell a tree on a peaceful protesters. In recent years we have seen people shot and ran over by counter protesters, and people crushed to death begging to breathe. Our peaceful protests back in the day we not peaceful we just paid for it with our bodies. Some of these kids have too. I’m glad Honsal decided to back off and let this be a slow negotiation. I really hope this can be resolved. If there aren’t many investments with Israel why not just conceed and divest 💯.
Coroner report says George Floyd died of fentanyl overdose, it affected his critical systems so they couldn’t respond normally in a demanding situation. We could survive the same police treatment and live to complain in letters to the editor
You could not have read the report and come up with that statement. Literally the title of it is: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST COMPLICATING LAW ENFORCEMENT SUBDUAL, RESTRAINT, AND NECK COMPRESSION i.e. he died because of complications from law enforcement actions during arrest which included neck compression. Here is the autopsy. https://kymkemp.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/floyd-autopsy-6-3-20.pdf
From CBS…
“The medical examiner who conducted the autopsy on George Floyd took the stand Friday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the fired Minneapolis officer charged in Floyd’s death. Hennepin County medical examiner Dr. Andrew Baker testified that heart disease and drugs contributed to but didn’t directly cause Floyd’s death. Court recessed for the weekend after Baker completed his testimony.
Baker’s autopsy report from May 2020 found that Floyd died of “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint and neck compression.” Baker’s autopsy listed “other significant conditions” including “arteriosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease; fentanyl intoxication; [and] recent methamphetamine use.” “
people are getting tired of this behavior
People are getting tired of war, the mutilation of children, and genocide by the Jewish State of Israel!
then go to the countries where there is “war, the mutilation of children, and genocide by the Jewish State of Israel!” and protest.
Israel is arresting and imprisoning Americans that are trying to assist by bringing aid into Gaza…
Jews included.
the horror! All those antisemitic signs calling for Peace! Just like Germany in the 30’s. I’m afraid. Somebody needs to step in and stop free speech, after all they are God’s Chosen People™
The current government of Israel is the most fundamentalist, nationalistic and extremist in it’s history. We see these themes play out in the genocidal war on Gaza.
To stay in power NetanYAHOO struck deals with religious extremists Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich. Those deals resulted in policies that helped fuel the hatred and desperation that underlaid the attacks of 10/7.
NetanYAHOO’s fear of losing the support of Ben Gvir and Smotrich has been a barrier to getting the hostages back. They would rather see all the hostages die in return for inflicting maximum destruction on Gaza in their attempt to render Gaza uninhabitable.
Cal Polyp Humboldt is a cancerous, abnormal growth.
Dear CPH,
As an alumnus I would like to request that you please stopping sending letters begging for money.
I may reconsider if administration and faculty supporting this protest insanity are harshly sanctioned.
Having taken part in protests during high school against the Viet Nam war, and having dated a young man when I was a CETA actress in San Diego in the early 80’s who had been shot in the back several times by the National Guard while at Kent State. Oh, by the way he was an engineering student walking on the ridge above the protest, simply attempting to walk to class, and ended up hospitalized for over a year, I will offer my opinion. Do NOT allow any law enforcement use any live rounds against protests. Chalk does not permanently damage anything. Yes the students have some legitimate and also some left field demands. Honsal’s “offer” of no immediate arrest is one, as a criminal defense attorney, I would advise my client to reject. Acknowledge and offer to sent to Sacramento with request they take demands for public discussion is a reasonable settlement. Then, a food and water blockade with the offer of full immunity upon leaving the premises. I recall my generation was much more destructive in our protests. We burned flags, but them we has classmates sent to die in the unjust war. The world is filled with unjust wars. The protest should also include a protest of the genocide Russia is doing to Ukraine and Syria. Since that is not part of any demands, I tend to believe, it is, in small part, sown by Russian disinformation, as was the 2016 presidential election. Where are the protests against this disinformation?
I protest about disinformation on here all the time. Hard to keep on top of it.
As an aside; where are the protests about millions of starving children in Hati and the Sudan.
How bout we start a The Worlds A Fucked Up Place protest
What all the graffiti told me is that none of the protesters seem to be art students or political science students for that matter.
How true. And also have no concern for the damage they’re causing.
It’s bad enough to spray paint a painted wall which can be cleaned or painted over. But it’s gratuitously malicious to spray paint wood paneling and doors where removal is costly and uncertain.
Unfortunately there does not seem to have been any responsible adults present.
Cops are assembling below Library Circle now.
Did the more recent comments fail to note my ex-boyfriend that was shot in the back and seriously injured at Kent State was on a ridge and not involved in the protest. There is no reason for armed police to attack peaceful protesters in spite of their camping out in a building.
I would advise my, now deceased, first husband (A retired EPD officer) (IF he were alive and assigned to the campus,) to have Honsall lighten up. Back in the 80’s he always felt APD was too hard core to students and would jokingly call APD law enforcement cops for the Peoples Republic of Arcata. Do not turn this peaceful Arcata protest into Tiananmen Square.
Tiananmen Square? I wondered about that column of tanks coming up 101!
BTW, no one was shot by the police at Kent State.
And the protest in Arcata is anything but peaceful.
It will be up to the occupiers to determine how ought of hand it gets – they’re actually controlling the level of force necessary to remove them from the building.
Law enforcement similar to national guard. And I guess you have not observed Humboldt County’s BEARCAT (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Vehicle) which we have had in use since 2018. This was funded, in part, by Federal Homeland Security.
target England next! teabag them all!