{"id":1974867,"date":"2023-07-17T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-hosts-policefreecampus-project-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T06:06:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T10:06:02","slug":"university-of-michigan-hosts-policefreecampus-project-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-hosts-policefreecampus-project-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/","title":{"rendered":"University of Michigan tackles safety concerns with &#8216;#PoliceFreeCampus&#8217; initiative amidst rising 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\">30<\/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-hosts-policefreecampus-project-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=1974867&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<blockquote><p>\n \u200d \u2062 \u2064 <\/p>\n<h2>College&#8217;s Campus \u2064Abolition Research\u200c Lab aims\u2064 to\u2063 &#8216;disrupt and \u200cdismantle\u200d the\u2062 carceral university&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>\u2063 \u200d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<figure>\n \u200b \u2062<figcaption>Getty \u200cImages<\/figcaption>\u200d <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\u200b  <\/p>\n<p>In\u200c the last\u200c month and \u2063a half alone, \u2062University \u2064of \u2063Michigan students have \u200bfaced two shootings and\u2062 five\u2063 sex crimes, \u200dincluding \u2062one\u200c that occurred inside\u200c a campus\u2064 building. \u200dThat hasn&#8217;t stopped\u200b the\u200c school\u2064 from\u2062 hosting\u200c a \u2063project\u200d that \u200bworks towards\u200d the \u2064elimination of\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornell-professor-invents-critical-race-theory-watchdog-site\/\" title=\"Cornell Professor Invents Critical Race Theory Watchdog Site\">campus police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<div>\n   \u200b\u200b <\/p>\n<p><a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" \u2063target=\"_blank\" \u2064rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2064   <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u200b \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Assistant\u2064 professor Charles H.F. Davis III in \u20622020 founded the\u200d University\u2063 of \u2063Michigan&#8217;s Campus Abolition Research \u2064Lab,\u2062 which aims \u200dto &#8220;disrupt \u200cand dismantle\u2062 the \u2064carceral\u2062 university&#8221; \u2063and\u2063 create \u200c&#8221;police-free \u2064futures.&#8221; As part of \u200bthat \u2062effort, the\u2063 lab\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusabolition.org\/news\/policefreecampus-podcast-season-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">publishes<\/a>\u200d a &#8220;#PoliceFreeCampus\u2062 Podcast&#8221; and\u200d hosts\u2064 campus events\u2064 that\u200d teach students how \u200dto \u200cbecome\u2063 &#8220;campus abolitionists.&#8221;\u2064 Davis in \u200crecent weeks has \u2063also \u2062reiterated the\u2064 need to abolish\u2062 police &#8220;now.&#8221; Davis and\u200c his\u2064 lab\u2062 have\u2064 not, however, \u2063commented\u2062 on the \u2062recent \u2064crime \u2064wave that has \u200dplagued his \u200buniversity&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>In late\u2062 May, a \u2062man approached\u200c a \u2062female student from \u2062behind \u200band groped\u2064 her\u200b before \u200ccarrying \u2062on throughout \u2064campus and \u200dexposing \u2064his genitals to\u2062 other\u200b female students,\u200c the school&#8217;s \u2062public safety\u200d department <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/06\/3459\" target=\"_blank\" \u2062rel=\"noopener\">said\u2063 in\u200d a\u200d crime\u200c alert<\/a>. Just days\u200b later, <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/06\/3481\"\u200d target=\"_blank\"\u2064 rel=\"noopener\">on June \u20644<\/a>, a \u200cman approached a small\u2062 group \u200cwalking a block from campus \u2062and shot\u2062 one \u200dof the group&#8217;s members\u2062 following \u2064an argument. The next\u2064 night, \u200ba woman <a\u2062 href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/06\/3492\"\u200c target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\">attacked<\/a>\u200c a \u2064man\u2064 with a folding\u2064 knife \u2062inside of \u2063student \u200chousing \u200dand\u200b fired \u200dshots through\u2063 the man&#8217;s window before \u2064fleeing. And in the first\u200c week of \u200cJuly, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/07\/3513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two<\/a>\u200b <a \u200dhref=\"https:\/\/news.dpss.umich.edu\/2023\/07\/3517\" target=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noopener\">women<\/a>\u2063 were sexually\u2064 assaulted\u2064 near a dorm and inside of the \u2062school&#8217;s robotics\u2063 building, respectively.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>So\u2062 far, the university \u2062has\u2062 not \u200cadopted its \u200dAbolition Research\u2062 Lab&#8217;s \u2063suggestions\u2063 and has \u200dinstead \u2063used the\u2062 Ann Arbor\u2062 Police \u2064Department and its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-of-michigan-hosts-policefreecampus-project-as-shootings-and-sex-crimes-plague-school\/\" title=\"University of Michigan tackles safety concerns with '#PoliceFreeCampus' initiative amidst rising shootings and sex crimes.\">armed campus security\u200b force<\/a> to\u2063 respond to \u200dthe\u200b crimes. Still, many \u200ccities and\u2063 universities alike\u2062 have pursued\u200c plans\u2063 to \u2063defund \u200dpolice\u2014only\u200c to\u200c renew their \u200crelationships\u2064 with\u200c law enforcement thereafter. \u200dA \u200dmajority\u200c of Minneapolis&#8217;s\u2062 city council,\u200d for\u200b example, pledged \u2063to\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/radical-cultural-change-coming-to-america\/\" title=\"Radical Cultural Change Coming to America?\">defund police<\/a> in \u2062the\u2062 summer of 2020, but\u2063 members\u200d later \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/09\/26\/us\/politics\/minneapolis-defund-police.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u2063 the\u200d pledge &#8220;created confusion&#8221; and\u200b was \u200dmade\u200d merely \u200c&#8221;in spirit.&#8221;\u2064 The state&#8217;s \u2062flagship school, University of \u2064Minnesota Twin \u200bCities, in 2020 \u200calso said it \u200cwould no longer contract \u2063with \u200bthe\u200d Minneapolis Police Department \u2064to \u2064provide\u2064 additional security\u200c at\u200b football games \u200cand\u2062 other\u200c events. The school <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/quicktakes\/2022\/08\/26\/university-minnesota-rebuild-ties-local-police\"\u2062 target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reversed\u2062 course<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear \u2063how \u200bDavis, \u2064who\u2062 did not return a\u200b request for comment, \u2062would aim \u2063to \u200dcombat shootings and sex\u200d crimes\u2063 should the\u200c campus become &#8220;police\u200d free.&#8221; Davis has\u200c in some \u2063cases acknowledged that\u2063 his abolitionist ideas \u200dare more\u200b theoretical than \u2062practical. During\u200c a \u2062recent episode\u2064 of his \u200clab&#8217;s &#8220;#PoliceFreeCampus Podcast,&#8221; Davis \u200dsaid \u2064that \u200bwhile abolition \u200cskeptics may ask for\u2064 &#8220;solutions,&#8221; he\u200b doesn&#8217;t &#8220;have all\u2062 of \u200bthem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> \u200c\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People \u200coften\u200c are\u2063 going \u200dto\u200d ask for solutions,&#8221;\u200d Davis said. &#8220;That\u2019s always \u2063a looming \u200bquestion: \u200d\u2018Well, what about x?\u2019 And,\u200d admittedly,\u2064 we don\u2019t \u200chave\u2062 all of them.&#8221;\u2063 Davis later \u2062called\u2062 his work an \u2063&#8221;exercise\u2063 of\u2064 imagining.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u200b<\/p>\n<p>A group affiliated \u200bwith the \u200dUniversity of Michigan&#8217;s \u200dCampus Abolition \u200bResearch \u2062Lab, <a\u2063 href=\"https:\/\/www.policefreecampus.org\/our-vision\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PoliceFreeCampus<\/a>,\u2064 has\u200c echoed Davis&#8217;s uncertain \u200drhetoric. An FAQ \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpd150.com\/what-are-we-talking-about-when-we-talk-about-a-police-free-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">document<\/a> \u200con the group&#8217;s \u200bresource\u200d page \u2064addresses\u200d a \u2062central concern \u2064with\u200d police\u2062 abolition: In a &#8220;police-free \u200cfuture,&#8221; who should a citizen call \u200cwhen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mostly-peaceful-homicide-cnn-draws-backlash-for-downplaying-san-francisco-crime-after-tech-founders-stabbing\/\" title=\"\u2018Mostly Peaceful Homicide\u2019: CNN Draws Backlash For Downplaying San Francisco Crime After Tech Founder\u2019s Stabbing\">violent crime occurs<\/a>? The document admits that \u200b&#8221;in \u200cthis <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.\">long \u200dtransition process<\/a>,\u200d we\u200c may need \u200ba\u200b small, specialized \u2063class\u200c of\u2062 public \u200bservants\u2063 whose\u2064 job\u2062 it is\u2064 to respond \u200bto\u200c violent\u200c crimes,&#8221; adding that \u2064such a\u2063 proposal\u200c is\u2063 &#8220;one\u200d option, and\u2063 it\u2019s an option that \u200cbrings up \u2062as \u200bmany questions\u200d as \u200cit \u200danswers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n\u200b   \u200d \u200b<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\" \u200brel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  \u2062  \u2064<\/p>\n<p><a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/handsoffmyrewards.com\/?utm_source=freebeacon&#038;utm_medium=advertising&#038;utm_campaign=2023\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The \u200cUniversity\u2064 of Michigan\u2064 distanced\u2063 itself \u2063from \u2064its Campus\u2063 Abolition Research Lab, \u2063telling \u2064the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>\u200c that the lab &#8220;isn&#8217;t funded\u200d by the \u2063university.&#8221; \u200cBut\u200d the lab&#8217;s affiliate group,\u200d #PoliceFreeCampus,\u200c says \u200bon\u2064 its\u200c <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.policefreecampus.org\/research-study\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> that\u200d it\u2064 has produced \u200dstudies\u200b thanks \u2064to\u200d &#8220;funding from the\u200c National\u200c Center \u200dfor \u2062Institutional Diversity at the \u2062University\u200b of\u200c Michigan.&#8221; \u200cThe university \u2064did not\u2064 answer\u200c questions about that\u2063 funding.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>The \u2064school is\u200b no stranger \u200dto\u2064 diversity, equity, and \u200cinclusion\u200c efforts. It \u2064has the largest\u2062 number \u2062of DEI \u2064staffers\u200d of any university in \u200dthe country and in \u200c2021 \u200dlaunched \u2063a \u200d<a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/news.umich.edu\/u-m-ford-school-launching-center-for-racial-justice-aims-to-help-address-societal-challenges\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u2062 rel=\"noopener\">Center \u2063for Racial Justice<\/a>, \u2063which \u200baims\u200d to\u2064 expand\u200b &#8220;knowledge \u2062about the complex \u200bintersections between race and\u200b public policy&#8221;\u2064 and engage \u2062students and\u200d scholars &#8220;in \u2062social \u200djustice work\u200c focused on \u2064racial \u2063equity.&#8221; But\u2064 the school&#8217;s \u2063own\u2062 data indicate\u2062 that\u200d those\u200c efforts \u2063have\u2063 not \u2062helped matters\u2014as\u200b the \u200bnumber\u2062 of \u200bDEI officials \u200dballooned,\u200b nearly all measures of student\u200b satisfaction\u200c <a\u200b href=\"http:\/\/www.michiganreview.com\/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-dei-1-0\/\" \u200dtarget=\"_blank\" \u200drel=\"noopener\">plummeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>disrupting and dismantling the carceral university. 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