{"id":2241670,"date":"2024-05-10T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-union-pushes-back-over-claims-about-uconn-protesters\/"},"modified":"2024-05-10T10:49:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:49:18","slug":"police-union-pushes-back-over-claims-about-uconn-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-union-pushes-back-over-claims-about-uconn-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Police union disputes allegations regarding UConn protesters"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpolice-union-pushes-back-over-claims-about-uconn-protesters%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=2241670&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--><p>The University of Connecticut \u200bpolice union\u200b is refuting\u2064 allegations of mistreating pro-Palestinian\u200b protesters during the dismantling of an encampment. They claim the protesters\u2062 were\u200d handled lawfully,\u200b emphasizing that vital details \u2062were omitted in a condemning letter \u200cfrom other unions. The\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-police-union-calls-cop-who-shot-13-year-old-adam-toledo-heroic\/\" title=\"Chicago Police Union Calls Cop Who Shot 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo \u2018Heroic\u2019\">police union calls<\/a>\u200b for fair treatment of\u200c officers and \u2063highlights the need to uphold civil liberties. The University of \u200bConnecticut police union denies\u2063 mistreating\u200c pro-Palestinian protesters during the \u200bdismantling of an encampment. They stress that protesters were handled lawfully\u200c and criticize the \u2062lack of crucial details in\u2064 a condemning letter from other unions.\u200d The union advocates for fair treatment of officers and underscores the importance of \u2062upholding civil liberties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 The union representing University of Connecticut police is pushing back on claims officers injured pro-Palestinian protesters when they broke up an encampment last month and arrested more than two dozen people.<\/p>\n<p>The Connecticut Police &#038; Fire Union, which represents UConn police, said the claims about the April 30 encounter made by another union in a letter to school leaders was an \u201cunconscionable attack\u201d on the officers who were just \u201cdoing their jobs\u201d by shutting down the \u201cunauthorized\u201d encampment on school grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are deeply saddened that many key facts are missing from this letter, and our members of the UConn Police Department are being unfairly targeted for doing their jobs,\u201d union President Kevin C. Saunders said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The terse statement comes in response to a letter sent to UConn President Radenka Maric by members of the American Association of University Professors and the UConn Graduate Employee &#038; Postdoc Union, saying they \u201ccondemn\u201d the university\u2019s decision to call the police to take down the encampment.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter, the professors\u2019 union called for all of the charges to be dropped against students who were arrested, and blasted police for being heavy-handed with protesters, some of whom they said were injured during the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the responsibility of the labor movement to be first-line defenders of civil liberties, and we stand in solidarity with students and demand that the University of Connecticut honor their right to assemble and exercise free speech,\u201d the professors\u2019 union wrote. \u201cThere was no threat of violence and no plan to disrupt classes or exams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the police union pushed back on those claims, and called on the State Employees Bargaining Agent Coalition \u2013\u00a0an umbrella group that includes the professor\u2019s union \u2013\u00a0to \u201cstep up and defend\u201d police officers and \u201creturn to its core founding principles\u201d by focusing on workers\u2019 wages, benefits and retirement options.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe continued desire of some SEBAC membership organizations to branch out into other areas of social justice and public protest should be taken up on their accord, without SEBAC dues money, and without any connection to SEBAC in any fashion,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oakland-democrat-mayor-libby-schaaf-we-need-more-police-far-left-defund-movement-hurting-cities\/\" title=\"Oakland Democrat Mayor Libby Schaaf: We Need \u2018More Police,\u2019 Far-Left \u2018Defund\u2019 Movement Hurting Cities\">police union wrote<\/a>. \u201cWe call on SEBAC to issue a statement demonstrating their support of the police officers they represent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The UConn demonstrations are part of a wave of anti-Israel protests that have swept U.S. college campuses in response to Israel\u2019s war with Hamas, which was prompted by the Oct. 7 attack that killed 1,200 Israelis and injured many others. Hamas also took hostages, including Americans, many of whom are still in captivity.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter published in the university newspaper, Maric and other UConn leaders said the administration \u201cunequivocally supports the rights of our students and community at large to express themselves through speech and peaceful assembly, as well as through the bedrock right of academic freedom\u201d but that some students had refused to leave the \u201cunauthorized\u201d encampment after repeated warnings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to keep in mind that there are countless ways for students, faculty, staff, and others in our community to exercise their constitutional right to free speech that do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/university-president-fired-after-allegedly-years-long-sexual-affair-with-subordinate\/\" title=\"University President Fired After Allegedly Years-Long Sexual Affair With Subordinate\">violate university policy<\/a> or practice,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The police union said claims about the mistreatment of protestors was an \u201cunacceptable and unnecessary\u201d attack on them that feeds into the \u201canti-police movement\u201d across the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolice officers around this country report to work daily with a willingness to place themselves second to the citizens they serve,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThe continued anti-police movement continues to result in low department morale, heavy officer employment turnover and a decrease in public servants filling the ranks, not only at UConn, but many other police agencies in Connecticut and across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UConn police union refutes allegations of injuring pro-Palestinian protesters during the dispersal of an encampment last month. 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