{"id":1974851,"date":"2023-07-17T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-pursues-policefreecampus-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T05:05:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T09:05:21","slug":"university-of-michigan-pursues-policefreecampus-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-pursues-policefreecampus-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Michigan seeks &#8216;#PoliceFreeCampus&#8217; amidst ongoing shootings and sex crimes."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funiversity-of-michigan-pursues-policefreecampus-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974851&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\u200c  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n \u200b \u200b  <\/p>\n<h2>College&#8217;s Campus\u200c Abolition \u200cResearch\u2063 Lab aims \u2062to\u2064 &#8216;disrupt\u2064 and \u200cdismantle \u2063the \u2064carceral university&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2063 \u200c <\/p>\n<figure>\n    \u2064<figcaption>Getty \u200dImages<\/figcaption>\u200b \u2064<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n \u200c <\/p>\n<p>In \u200bthe\u2063 last\u2063 month and a half \u2062alone, University of \u200bMichigan\u200b students have\u2064 faced\u2062 two \u2062shootings and \u200bfive\u2063 sex\u2063 crimes, \u2064including \u200cone \u200cthat\u200b occurred\u200d inside\u200d a\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-campus-anti-semitism-skyrockets-even-as-coronavirus-forces-remote-learning\/\" title=\"Report: Campus Anti-Semitism Skyrockets Even as Coronavirus Forces Remote Learning\">campus building<\/a>. That \u200bhasn&#8217;t stopped \u200bthe \u2064school \u200cfrom \u2063hosting \u2062a project that \u2063works\u200b towards the elimination\u200b of campus \u2064police.<\/p>\n<p>\u200b  <\/p>\n<div>\n \u200b\u200b \u200c  <\/p>\n<p><a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>   \u200d\u200d <\/p>\n<p><a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u2062\u200d <\/p>\n<p>Assistant\u2062 professor Charles H.F. Davis\u2063 III\u2062 in 2020 \u200bfounded the \u200cUniversity of Michigan&#8217;s Campus \u200dAbolition \u2062Research Lab, \u200dwhich aims \u200dto\u2063 &#8220;disrupt\u2063 and\u200d dismantle the \u200ccarceral university&#8221; \u2062and create &#8220;police-free futures.&#8221; \u2063As \u2063part \u2062of \u200cthat effort, the \u200clab <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.campusabolition.org\/news\/policefreecampus-podcast-season-1\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\"\u2063 rel=\"noopener\">publishes<\/a> \u2064a \u200c&#8221;#PoliceFreeCampus\u200d Podcast&#8221; \u200band hosts \u200dcampus \u200cevents \u2064that teach\u200d students \u2063how\u200d to become \u2062&#8221;campus\u200b abolitionists.&#8221; Davis in\u2064 recent weeks\u200c has\u200c also \u2063reiterated the need\u200d to \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matters-most-prominent-chapter-launches-drive-targeting-police-unions\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter\u2019s Most Prominent Chapter Launches Drive Targeting Police Unions\">abolish police<\/a> &#8220;now.&#8221;\u200d Davis and his \u200dlab have\u2063 not, \u2063however, commented\u2062 on \u200bthe\u2064 recent\u200b crime\u2062 wave\u200b that\u200c has \u200bplagued\u200d his\u2064 university&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>In \u2064late May, a\u2062 man \u2064approached \u200ca female\u200c student from\u2064 behind \u2063and groped\u2062 her \u2063before carrying \u200con\u200b throughout \u200bcampus\u200c and exposing\u200c his \u200dgenitals\u2062 to \u200dother \u2064female students, the school&#8217;s\u200c public \u200bsafety \u200ddepartment\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/06\/3459\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">said \u2063in a crime\u200c alert<\/a>. Just days \u2064later,\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/06\/3481\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on June 4<\/a>,\u2062 a\u200b man\u2064 approached\u2063 a\u2063 small\u200d group \u2062walking a\u200c block \u200bfrom\u200c campus\u200b and\u200b shot\u200d one of\u200c the group&#8217;s members\u200d following an\u200b argument.\u2064 The\u2063 next night,\u200b a\u200b woman <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/06\/3492\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a> a \u2064man\u200d with \u2062a\u2064 folding knife\u200b inside \u200cof student \u200dhousing and \u200cfired\u2063 shots\u200d through \u2062the\u2063 man&#8217;s \u200cwindow before fleeing.\u2062 And\u200c in\u200d the\u200d first\u200c week of \u2064July,\u2062 <a \u2062href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/07\/3513\" \u200btarget=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">two<\/a> \u2064<a\u200c href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/07\/3517\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women<\/a>\u200b were sexually assaulted near\u200b a dorm and \u2062inside \u2064of the school&#8217;s robotics\u200c building, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>So\u200b far, \u2064the \u200buniversity \u200bhas not \u2064adopted \u2063its \u200dAbolition Research\u2064 Lab&#8217;s suggestions and\u2064 has\u2064 instead used \u2064the \u2064Ann Arbor Police Department and \u200cits \u200bown \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-pursues-policefreecampus-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/\" title=\"University of Michigan seeks '#PoliceFreeCampus' amidst ongoing shootings and sex crimes.\">armed \u200ccampus\u2062 security\u2063 force<\/a> \u2062to\u200b respond to the crimes. \u2062Still, many cities\u200d and universities alike have pursued \u200bplans to defund\u200b police\u2014only\u2063 to \u2063renew their relationships\u2064 with\u200d law \u200cenforcement thereafter. A majority\u200b of Minneapolis&#8217;s city council,\u2063 for \u200bexample,\u2064 pledged to\u200c defund police \u200din the summer of \u20632020,\u200d but members\u200d later\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/26\/us\/politics\/minneapolis-defund-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u200d the \u2062pledge &#8220;created\u2063 confusion&#8221; and was made\u2062 merely &#8220;in \u2062spirit.&#8221; The state&#8217;s\u2062 flagship \u200bschool,\u200d University of Minnesota Twin\u2062 Cities, in\u200c 2020 also said \u200cit\u2062 would no \u2062longer \u200bcontract with the Minneapolis Police \u2062Department to provide additional\u200d security \u200cat \u200dfootball games and \u2064other\u2062 events.\u200d The school\u2062 <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2022\/08\/26\/university-minnesota-rebuild-ties-local-police\" target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\">reversed \u2063course<\/a> \u200dlast \u2063year.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s\u200c unclear \u200chow\u200c Davis, who \u200bdid not return \u200da\u200d request for\u2063 comment, would\u200c aim\u2064 to combat \u2062shootings\u200d and sex crimes should the\u200c campus \u2064become &#8220;police \u2064free.&#8221; \u200cDavis\u200b has\u2064 in \u2064some\u200c cases\u2064 acknowledged\u2063 that\u2063 his\u200c abolitionist\u200b ideas are\u2064 more theoretical \u2063than \u2062practical.\u200d During\u200c a recent episode \u2062of his lab&#8217;s\u200d &#8220;#PoliceFreeCampus \u200bPodcast,&#8221;\u200d Davis \u2064said that\u200d while\u2062 abolition skeptics\u200d may \u2062ask \u2064for\u2063 &#8220;solutions,&#8221; he\u200c doesn&#8217;t \u2064&#8221;have all\u200d of \u200cthem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People often are\u200c going to ask \u200bfor \u2062solutions,&#8221; Davis \u2062said. &#8220;That\u2019s\u200d always \u200da\u2062 looming \u2062question: \u200c\u2018Well, \u200bwhat\u2063 about x?\u2019 And, \u2062admittedly, \u200cwe don\u2019t\u2063 have \u2064all\u200d of \u2064them.&#8221; Davis \u2064later\u2062 called \u2062his \u2062work \u2062an \u200b&#8221;exercise\u2064 of\u2064 imagining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>A group affiliated \u2062with the \u200cUniversity \u200bof \u200dMichigan&#8217;s Campus \u200dAbolition Research Lab, \u2064<a\u200d href=\"https:\/\/www.policefreecampus.org\/our-vision\"\u200b target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PoliceFreeCampus<\/a>,\u200d has\u200c echoed \u200dDavis&#8217;s uncertain rhetoric. An FAQ \u200d<a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/www.mpd150.com\/what-are-we-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-a-police-free-future\/\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a>\u2062 on the \u200bgroup&#8217;s\u2063 resource page\u200c addresses a central concern \u2062with \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-directs-allies-to-l-a-mayor-garcettis-home-after-chauvin-guilty-verdict\/\" title=\"Black Lives Matter Directs Allies To L.A. Mayor Garcetti\u2019s Home After Chauvin Guilty Verdict\">police abolition<\/a>: \u200cIn\u2064 a &#8220;police-free \u200dfuture,&#8221;\u200d who \u2063should\u200d a citizen call when a\u200c violent\u200d crime\u2062 occurs? \u200cThe \u200cdocument\u2062 admits that &#8220;in\u200d this \u200blong \u2062transition process, we\u200d may\u2064 need \u200ca small, specialized \u200cclass \u2062of public\u2062 servants\u2063 whose job it \u2064is to \u2063respond \u200bto\u200b violent \u200ccrimes,&#8221; \u2063adding \u200bthat such \u2062a \u200bproposal is &#8220;one\u2062 option, and\u200b it\u2019s an\u200b option \u2063that\u2064 brings\u200c up \u200cas many\u200d questions as\u200d it answers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<div>\n \u2063 \u2064  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" \u2063rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>   \u2064 <\/p>\n<p><a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\"\u200d target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2063 \u2064 <\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u200dUniversity\u2063 of\u2064 Michigan \u2062distanced itself\u2062 from its\u2064 Campus Abolition \u200bResearch\u2063 Lab, telling the \u2064<em>Washington \u2064Free\u2063 Beacon<\/em>\u200c that the lab \u200c&#8221;isn&#8217;t \u200cfunded by\u2064 the university.&#8221; But the lab&#8217;s\u2064 affiliate group, \u200d#PoliceFreeCampus, says \u200don\u200c its\u200c <a \u2064href=\"https:\/\/www.policefreecampus.org\/research-study\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u2064 that \u2062it\u200b has\u2064 produced \u2064studies\u200d thanks to\u2063 &#8220;funding\u2062 from\u2062 the\u2062 National Center\u2064 for\u2064 Institutional\u200c Diversity \u200dat\u200d the University\u2063 of\u200d Michigan.&#8221; \u200dThe university\u200d did not\u200d answer\u200b questions\u200d about that funding.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The school\u200b is no stranger\u2062 to diversity,\u200c equity, \u200dand \u2062inclusion\u200d efforts. \u200dIt\u2064 has \u200cthe \u200clargest \u200dnumber \u200dof \u200dDEI\u200b staffers of \u200dany university in \u2062the country \u200dand \u200bin 2021 \u200dlaunched \u2063a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/u-m-ford-school-launching-center-for-racial-justice-aims-to-help-address-societal-challenges\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\"\u200c rel=\"noopener\">Center \u2062for \u200dRacial \u200bJustice<\/a>, which \u2064aims\u2064 to \u2062expand \u2064&#8221;knowledge\u200c about \u200bthe \u2062complex\u200c intersections between\u2062 race and public\u2063 policy&#8221;\u200c and engage\u2064 students \u200dand\u2063 scholars &#8220;in\u200d social \u2063justice \u2062work focused\u2064 on\u2062 racial\u2064 equity.&#8221; But the school&#8217;s own data \u2064indicate that those\u2064 efforts have not \u2062helped \u2063matters\u2014as\u2063 the \u200cnumber of \u2062DEI\u2062 officials\u2062 ballooned, nearly\u200b all \u200dmeasures \u200dof\u200c student\u2063 satisfaction \u200d<a\u2063 href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganreview.com\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-dei-1-0\/\"\u200b target=\"_blank\"\u200b rel=\"noopener\">plummeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>disrupting and dismantling the carceral university. 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