Among others, the UC Davis English Department is also calling for Chancellor Linda Katehi’s resignation, as well as the disbanding of the school’s police department. She’s refused to step down in recent days.
As Chancellor, I take responsibility for everything that happens on this campus. At the same time, our campus has policies, and—the only reasons we have those policies in place is to make sure the 32,000 students who are using our campus are safe.UC Chancellor Linda Katehi • After refusing to resign due to the events at UC Davis last week, wherein UCPD Lt. John Pike pepper sprayed a line of seated, peaceful protesters. During the same KQED interview, she also that she needs to “understand what went wrong…why things went so wrong,” which seems to be obfuscating the issue. Isn’t it clear what what wrong? Anyway, the UCPD police chief, along with Pike and another officer, have all been placed on “administrative leave;” 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for Katehi’s resignation. (Note: this interview wrapped up earlier the hour; we’ll let you know when a transcript is available.) source (via • follow)
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