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Author: Edley, Christopher F., Jr.

Title: Response to Protests on UC Campuses: A Report to President Mark G. Yudof

Summary: After physical conflict erupted between police and students during demonstrations at UC Berkeley and UC Davis in November 2011, University President Mark G. Yudof asked Vice President and General Counsel Charles F. Robinson and Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher F. Edley, Jr. to review existing policies and practices regarding the University’s response to demonstrations and civil disobedience. This review was not intended as a fact-finding investigation into the November 2011 protests, or into any other particular incident. Other reviews have been tasked with that objective. Rather, this review was aimed at identifying best practices to inform the University’s response to future demonstrations. Since work on the review—and this resulting Report—began, additional clashes on other campuses have underscored the need for this analysis. This Report is premised on the belief that free expression, robust discourse, and vigorous debate over ideas and principles are essential to the mission of our University. The goal of this Report is to identify practices that will facilitate such expression—while also protecting the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff, police, and the general public. For some campus administrators and police, this will require a substantial shift away from a mindset that has been focused primarily on the maintenance of order and adherence to rules and regulations. For some protestors, this will require taking more responsibility for their activities as well, including by educating themselves about protest-related rules and considering the impact acts of civil disobedience can have on others in the campus community. In developing this prospective framework for responding to protests and civil disobedience, the authors examined existing University policies and practices on speech, demonstrations, and use of force by police; the opinions of students, faculty, administrators, staff, and police on all ten campuses; and the views of academics and other experts on speech, civil liberties, and law enforcement. The objective has been to be as broad and fair as possible in collecting information in order to develop a thoughtful and fact-based Report.

Details: Berkeley, CA: University of California, 2012. 158p.

Source: Internet Resource: Draft Report: Accessed May 15, 2012 at: http://campusprotestreport.universityofcalifornia.edu/documents/Robinson-Edley-Report-043012.pdf

Year: 2012

Country: United States

URL: http://campusprotestreport.universityofcalifornia.edu/documents/Robinson-Edley-Report-043012.pdf

Shelf Number: 0

Keywords:
Campus Demonstrations (California)
Campus Police
Civil Disobedience
Colleges and Universities