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Woke Harvard students force CLOSURE of on-campus police station after moaning that cops' presence was 'a violent, visual intimidation tactic' and raging at officers who ate in student dining rooms
An on-campus Harvard University police station was forced to closed after students complained that its presence was 'a violent, visual intimidation tactic.'
The police department's substation, located inside the Mather House residential hall, closed in February following years of outcry from both woke students and faculty.
They argued the outpost, which opened in 2005 and was one of four on campus, was more intimidating than helpful, according to the Harvard Crimson, and even took aim at officers for eating in the students' dining room.
Eleanor 'Ellie' Taylor, a Harvard student and resident of Mather House, claimed the substation was being used as a 'visual intimidation tactic' against students.
'The real effect that the presence of the HUPD substation has on the Mather community is simply a violent, visual intimidation tactic that students are forced to see every time they enter the house,' Taylor said.
She added there were concerns about Harvard University Police Department officers eating meals alongside students in the dining hall during the 2019-2020 academic year, which she said made many students feel uncomfortable.
Faith Woods, another resident at Mather House, told the Harvard Crimson that having the police substation attached to the hall where she lived was not helpful, but instead 'implies that we're being watched and policed, which is not a pleasant feeling.'
'I am well aware that the police are not there to keep me actively safe,' Woods said. 'Having a police car sitting outside of Mather every night — which it does — doesn't bring me any sense of safety.'
Harvard University Police Department spokesperson Steven G. Catalano wrote in an email to the newspaper that the closure was a result of concerns raised by students, as well as how much police used the substation.
'The decision to close the Mather House substation was made last week in response to concerns raised by Mather House staff and students as well as the amount of use of the substation by officers and community members,' Catalano wrote.
The police substation was located at Mather House on Cowperthwaite Street. Now, the closest station is 0.6 miles away from the residential hall, according to Harvard's campus map.
Kai DeJesus, another Mather House resident, told the Harvard Crimson that the substation's closure is a 'really good first step,' but believes that the university's police department ultimately needs to be abolished.
DeJesus pointed to a 2020 incident in which an officer was accused of using excessive force, while arresting a black man in Harvard's Smith Campus Center.
'It's really important that we keep these violent institutions outside of residences,' DeJesus said. 'Ultimately, HUPD remains the police force that disproportionately targets Black and Brown people here on campus and in Cambridge.'
'For real justice to exist on this campus, HUPD must be abolished,' DeJesus said.
HUPD will continue to operate substations at the University's Longwood Campus, the Smith Campus Center, and the Harvard Kennedy School's Wexner Building.
'The closure will not impact the Department's ability to respond to calls from the community in an effective and timely manner,' Catalano wrote.
The substations were designed to build community relationships, the Harvard Police Department maintains on its website.
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SHOCKING: New York College Honors Cop Killer
Leftists describe murderer as a "loving human being."
Once again leftists prove what we’ve known all along. Criminals are the new upstanding citizens. At least in the world of leftism.
Thus, it’s no surprise that one New York college set out to honor a convicted cop-killer.
In 1971, Jalil Muntaqim, formerly known as Anthony Bottom, helped kill two NYPD officers. At the time, Bottom was active with a militant wing of the Black Panthers known as the Black Liberation Army. As such, he was partly responsible for a series of deadly attacks aimed at law enforcement.
NPR.org elaborates:
Authorities said Bottom and his accomplices lured Officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini to an apartment building in Harlem before shooting them from behind.
Bottom was later captured and convicted of two counts of first degree murder. Like many Black revolutionaries from that era, he’s been in prison ever since, currently incarcerated at Sullivan Correctional Facility north of New York City.
Denise Piagentini, widow of one of the officers, has petitioned parole board officials over the decades since to keep Bottom behind bars.
“Anthony Bottom assassinated my husband and Waverly Jones because they wore the blue uniform,” Piagentini said at a police officer union event last year. “We need to remember that under the uniform there is a person.”
Her pleas were enough to keep Bottom behind bars until Black Lives Matter culture took over. Now, Piagentini and Jones are no longer the priority to the parole board. So, in 2020, they set Bottom free.
On Sept. 11, New York’s parole board reversed itself, granting Bottom release. State officials declined to immediately release documents explaining their decision.
The move went unnoticed until the New York City police union issued a statement on Sept. 23 blasting the parole board, which in recent years has released more formerly violent offenders from prison, including men who attacked or killed police.
“We are furious with the cowards and lunatics who claim to lead this state,” said Police Benevolent Association president Patrick Lynch in the statement.” They have chosen to stand with the murderers, cold-blooded assassins and radicals bent on overthrowing our society.”
The statement also included a statement from Denise Piagentini who said she was “heartbroken” by the parole board’s decision.
https://theblacksphere.net/2022/03/shocking-new-york-college-honors-cop-killer/
********************************************************Multiple COVID cases won’t trigger NYC health department assessment in schools
Multiple COVID-19 cases in New York City public schools will no longer trigger “epidemiological assessments” by the health department, according to an internal memo obtained by The Post.
The city Department of Education memo to principals comes as the new Omicron subvariant, BA.2 sparks fears of a possible surge.
If there’s a breakout of multiple cases in classrooms or on sports teams, the memo says, principals should distribute COVID-19 home test kits to students who have been exposed.
The superintendent’s office can help assess “what may be causing the increase in transmission” and consult the Office of School Health “to minimize further transmission.”
“I didn’t realize that epidemiology was part of my principal’s duties,” said a Brooklyn administrator, who asked not to be named without DOE permission to speak.
The Kings County principal said the new directive, which went into effect March 14, confused him and several colleagues.
“It’s the honor system at this point,” the principal said. “The kids come back to school and you don’t know if they tested or what the results were.”
“We feel they want to decrease the staff in the Situation Room,” he added, referring to the team of DOE and health officials who oversee COVID cases in schools.
“This is the way they’re doing it and putting it on us.”
DOE spokesman Nathaniel Styer denied any changes in Situation Room procedures.
“There is a citywide shift away from universal contact tracing, but all of the same alerts and systems are in place in our schools,” he said. “The ask of the principal remains the same as it has been since January.”
The current threshold to gauge transmission is 10 cases in a classroom or sports team, though officials said that number could be revisited as the pandemic evolves. In the Brooklyn administrator’s building, cases have not reached that count at any point in the pandemic, he said.
The policy shift comes after the Post reported that principals will earn millions in overtime pay for an avalanche of work imposed by the Situation Room, including tracing what students and staff were exposed to COVID and notifying families.
https://nypost.com/2022/03/18/multiple-school-covid-cases-wont-trigger-health-dept-review/
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