Risk of Injury, Lost Employment, Violation of Academic Freedom – the Problem with Policing Campuses
Roberta Lexier | 4 May 2024 | Scroll
The recent violent crackdowns on pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses across the United States have reignited a long debate about the role of law enforcement on university grounds.
For those north of the border – despite similar encampments cropping up in recent days at McGill University in Montréal – they may have also reinforced a familiar sense of superiority about our supposedly peaceful nation.
But make no mistake – since at least the 1960s, authorities across Canada have used police to silence peaceful student protests…