University Shuts Down Campus for Students Who Are Scared Because Cops Are Staying There for the RNCBy Melissa Dykes Apparently the university agreed with the city of Cleveland to house some 1,700 police officers and 200 members of the Ohio National Guard there who will act as security at the Republican National Convention and that makes the students there feel unsafe. A petition was even circulated on Change.org titled Student Safety During Riot Police Occupation of Case Western Reserve University. There are nine demands in the petition: 1) Riot police store all weapons, equipment, and riot-control gear off campus; 2) Riot police refrain from entering University-owned buildings, with the exception of their assigned residence halls; 4) Riot police refrain from using alcohol or other mind-altering substances for the duration of their stay; 5) Riot police expressly consent to abide by University conduct regulations including, but not limited to: antidiscrimination, sexual harassment, substance abuse, and weapons policies; 6) The University bans from campus any riot police officer that violates University conduct policies; 7) The University informs the campus community of the following details by July 1st: The residence halls to which the riot police will be assigned, The dates and times the riot police will be on campus, and The details of the campus security plan to protect the rights and safety of the campus community during the RNC; 8) The University offers alternative housing arrangements for students in University Summer Housing who request reassignment for the duration of the stay of the riot police; 9) The University provides a mechanism for the campus community to report incidences of riot police misconduct. It has received 435 signatures so far. Cleveland.com reports that University President Barbara Snyder emailed an apology to students, admitting the university failed to give adequate consideration to the impact the decision would have on members of our community in particular students staying in residence halls near the buildings housing the officers. The university also offered to hold classes off campus and made counseling and a safe space available to upset students. The university was also helping to relocate students so they wouldnt have to stay on campus with the officers. Campus is basically going to be shut down (via Cleveland.com): Its a sad testimony to the police state in America that these college students do not feel safe with 1,900 law enforcement agents on their campus, isnt it? Then again, CWRU is about 34 miles from Kent State, and we all know what happened with some of the Ohio National Guard there during a period of civil unrest a few decades ago Melissa Dykes is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple and a co-creator of Truthstream Media with Aaron Dykes, a site that offers teleprompter-free, unscripted analysis of The Matrix we find ourselves living in. Melissa also co-founded Nutritional Anarchy with Daisy Luther of The Organic Prepper, a site focused on resistance through food self-sufficiency. Wake the flock up! I dont blame them. I would leave too! Furthermore, given that the college volunteered the campus for this riot police state build-up at students expense, I would NOT return next semester. Id go to a different college. Vote with your feet. Vote with your money. Vote with action! Running from problems only aid in their advancement. CSRunning from problems only aid in their advancement. CSThis is exactly why we have a police state. CSA nation of sheep always brings about a govnment of Wolves. CSYou teach people how to treat you, so when you act like a doormat expect to be stepped on. Generation Snowflake is scared of its own shadow. Who WOULD feel safe with 1,900 armed mercenary thugs who are trained to brutalize, abuse, and possibly kill people over serious crimes like driving with a taillight out or playing the wrong music? And if theyre generation snowflake, you must be generation clueless. Its embarrassing you dont even realize what you re saying and how foolish it makes you. Ive called police exactly once in my life. My ex-husband broke into and burglarized my house. The neighbor was a witness. Would you like to take a guess what the heroes in blue did about it? Never talked to him and told me to file with insurance. And what do you call someone who attacks people for money? I call them mercenaries. And yes, I do realize theyre everywhere. I dont feel safe around themtheyre mostly either psychos or sycophants. And no, I havent been to an airport in a number of yearsI wont fly so long as we have to be frisked and abused to get on a plane. That silly video isnt what happened, they werent stopped because of a broken taillight, do some research. What video are you talking about? I was referring to other cases in the news. You say kill people over serious crimes live driving with a taillight out, I guess you are talking about the video with the girl and the guy and he was shot in the car and shes filming. Oh theres plenty besides that one, dear. I 100% agree with the students. No one should feel safe around the police. It was my understanding that American citizens with motorcycles between there legs were taking care of security for everyone at the convention. Thousands of them. FTP I wouldnt be there either, however I would request the University prorate my costs and funding by one week (which likely is a futile request). Too bad this doesnt fall under some sort of 3rd Amendment issue Or maybe it does? Is it federally subsidized housing? Cleveland State did likewise. Its abominable that college campuses allow military recruiters and police forces to use their facilities as a base of operations. College is for learning, not recruiting people to kill or turning the place into a police department. 