Is there no one who goes to the Internet to re-read the Constitution any more? What has happened to free speech? Who allows police brutality to unarmed students and protesters? Pepper spraying unarmed students lined up facing the firing squad of police emptying can upon can of pepper spray on them seems to have little is being said by anyone other than the victims.
It is incredible that Chancellor Linda Katehi has such little wisdom as to think that she can stay on her job with any respect for her decision making. She has irrevocably tarnished the image of the school to say nothing for student and staff morale. While she immediately called for a task force for an investigation, no one is looking back historically. Why is it that people allow emotions to steer them from learning from history to prevent repeating the same mistakes which inevitably have the same consequences?
An Opinion article written in the Los Angeles Times says: "Even if the last major waves of campus protests were a couple of decades ago, quelling student demonstrations without harm and with a minimum of residual outrage should be at the top of university training programs for police staff."
The Chancellor gave a speech of apology and said she was as unhappy with the University that day as were the victims. However, she did not give anything but lip service to the fact that she was where the buck stopped. Her people were not well trained nor was she visible while the violation to the students with the pepper spray was going on. One unarmed student was actually hospitalized. While I heard some people defending Chancellor Katehi, there were more who seemed to be calling for her resignation with rather compelling reasons. I guess we will have to stay tuned just as we are regarding the boycott in Congress's attempts to avoid makimg America a better place to hope for a better future and jobs for people.
It is incredible that Chancellor Linda Katehi has such little wisdom as to think that she can stay on her job with any respect for her decision making. She has irrevocably tarnished the image of the school to say nothing for student and staff morale. While she immediately called for a task force for an investigation, no one is looking back historically. Why is it that people allow emotions to steer them from learning from history to prevent repeating the same mistakes which inevitably have the same consequences?
An Opinion article written in the Los Angeles Times says: "Even if the last major waves of campus protests were a couple of decades ago, quelling student demonstrations without harm and with a minimum of residual outrage should be at the top of university training programs for police staff."The Chancellor gave a speech of apology and said she was as unhappy with the University that day as were the victims. However, she did not give anything but lip service to the fact that she was where the buck stopped. Her people were not well trained nor was she visible while the violation to the students with the pepper spray was going on. One unarmed student was actually hospitalized. While I heard some people defending Chancellor Katehi, there were more who seemed to be calling for her resignation with rather compelling reasons. I guess we will have to stay tuned just as we are regarding the boycott in Congress's attempts to avoid makimg America a better place to hope for a better future and jobs for people.
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