University of Utah president vows to ‘enforce the rule of law’ as students plan another pro-Palestine protest
Another added: “I am as proud of the students involved in this protest as I am disgusted in your administration’s response to them.”Some called on Randall to resign. Others said they would be pulling their donations from the state’s flagship institution. A few mentioned the opposite response to the rally compared to the university previously encouraging students to camp out on the same plot of grass in Presidents’ CircleU.
Hundreds of U. students had set up more than 20 tents Monday afternoon outside the Park Building, which houses university administrators. In lockstep with other campus protests nationwide, they called on their school to divest itsAfter about seven hours of the students chanting, police officers from campus and agencies across Salt Lake County stormed the encampment at 11 p.m. It took an hour to clear.
“I ask our campus community to support our graduates by expressing views in a dignified, peaceful, and legal manner,” he said. “By doing so, we exercise our right of free expression, honor our graduates, and exemplify civil society.” The student group says, so far, that five of the 17 people arrested have been released from Salt Lake County Jail. They have asked supporters to contribute to a bail fund.
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