‘[UCLA] administrators decide the objective, and campus police are only responsible for tactics in implementing those objectives,” the union’s president said.
‘When laws and policies that apply to everyone are repeatedly and flagrantly violated—there must be consequences,’ President Carol Folt wrote in an open letter.
The assemblyman cited incidents where protestors were reportedly denying Jewish students access to certain locations on campus for identifying as ‘Zionists.’
The ‘No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act’ comes at a time when pro-Palestinian protests have erupted on multiple university campuses throughout the country.
Police cleared Pro-Palestinian protesters from the Portland State University library twice as rioters vandalized downtown businesses and torched police cars.
They condemned the violence and vandalism that took place during Gaza protests and called on school officials to ’restore order' and hold people accountable.