Concerns about JHU police force

Concerns about JHU police force

PROTESTS OVER GEORGE FLOYD'SDEATH NOW HAVE SOME AREASCONSIDERING DISBANDING ORDEFUNDING THEIR POLICEDEPARTMENTS.

HERE INBALTIMORE, THE IDEA HASREVIVED THE CALLS TO STOPJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY FROMCREATING ITS OWN POLICE FORCE.WMA━2 NEWS ERIN MACPHERSON ISLIVE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY.ERIN, THIS WAS A BIG ISSUE ONTHE JOHNS HOPKINS CAMPUS ONEYEAR AGO..

WHO'S LEADING THEPUSH TO STOP THAT POLICE FORCEFROM BEING FORMED NOW?STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE HOPINGTHIS DOESN'T HAPPEN.

A GROUPOF FACULTY MEMBERS SENT ALETTER TO THE SCHOOL'SPRESIDENT URGING HIM NOT TOMOVE FORWARD WITH AN ARMEDPRIVATE POLICE FORCE━ STATINGTHEY BELIEVE CAMPUS POLICEWOULD ONLY HARM MINORITYSTUDENTS AND STAFF.

IN THELETTER━ THEY CITED GEORGEFLOYD'S DEATH AS A REASON FORTHE UNIVERSITY TO RETHINKTHIS.

THERE'S ALSO A PETITIONGOING AROUND OPPOSING JHUPD━SO FAR MORE THAN 2500 PEOPLEHAVE SIGNED THAT PETITION...INCLUDING IRENE LAMBRIDES━ AMEMBER OF THE TEACHERS ANDRESEARCHERS UNION, A GRADUATESTUDENT UNION AT THE SCHOOL.9:39“the fear is that peopleare going to die.

The fear isthat people are going to getharmed.

And the fear is thatpeople are going to feelunsafe.

ThatGEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH━ JOHNSHOPKINS UNIVERSITY WROTE ASTATEMENT JOINING IN THEDEMAND TO END RACIALINJUSTICE.

THEY ALSO SAID THEYTAKE TO HEART THE RENEWEDQUESTIONS IN POLICING.

LASTYEAR, THE STATE GAVE JOHNSHOPKINS THE GO AHEAD TO CREATEA PRIVATE POLICE DEPARTMENT.SO FAR, THE UNIVERSITY HASONLY TAKEN ONE STEP TOCREATING THIS POLICE FORCE━A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THERE ARENO OTHER STEPS PLANNED RIGHTNOW━ BUT WILL WORK WITH THECOMMUNITY BEFORE ANYTHING ELSEIS DECIDED.

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