More than 40 faculty condemn arrests of Occupy UCLA
protesters in letter to Chancellor
By JAMES BARRAGAN
and KATE PARKINSON-MORGAN
November 21, 2011
Dozens of faculty have condemned the arrest of 14 Occupy UCLA protesters Friday in
an open letter to Chancellor Gene Block, citing concerns about limitations on free
speech.
More than 40 UCLA faculty members have signed the letter, dated Nov. 20. Calls for
restraint also come as sister campuses UC Davis and UC Berkeley respond to harsh
criticism for police actions toward on-campus Occupy movements.
Interactions between police and Occupy protesters at UCLA have so far been peaceful.
On Thursday, Occupy UCLA protesters set up about 30 tents in Wilson Plaza, planning
to stay for the night.
The day before, administrators had repeatedly warned protesters of a ban against
temporary structures on campus grounds. A campus curfew is also in place between
midnight and 6 a.m. Occupy members were told of the university policies they were
violating, UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said on Friday.
Around 5 a.m. on Friday, the Occupy camp was circled by university police. Thirteen
students and one alumnus who refused to leave the grounds were arrested on
misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly and failure to disperse. They were cited and
released about six hours later, police said.
But the authors of the letter say the administration did not have a valid reason to clear
the plaza and arrest the protesters.
“Their crime, formally, was to violate a campus policy against camping,” the letter stated.
“But in reality they were arrested for engaging in political speech at a time and in a
manner that did not please the campus administration.”
Some faculty members are concerned students were disciplined for exercising their right
to free speech, said Tobias Higbie, associate professor of history and one of the drafters
of the letter.
“They’re not out there camping … it’s a protest,” Higbie said. “To say that they’re going
to remove them because they have tents seems a very narrow interpretation of campus
policy.”
protesters in letter to Chancellor
By JAMES BARRAGAN
and KATE PARKINSON-MORGAN
November 21, 2011
Dozens of faculty have condemned the arrest of 14 Occupy UCLA protesters Friday in
an open letter to Chancellor Gene Block, citing concerns about limitations on free
speech.
More than 40 UCLA faculty members have signed the letter, dated Nov. 20. Calls for
restraint also come as sister campuses UC Davis and UC Berkeley respond to harsh
criticism for police actions toward on-campus Occupy movements.
Interactions between police and Occupy protesters at UCLA have so far been peaceful.
On Thursday, Occupy UCLA protesters set up about 30 tents in Wilson Plaza, planning
to stay for the night.
The day before, administrators had repeatedly warned protesters of a ban against
temporary structures on campus grounds. A campus curfew is also in place between
midnight and 6 a.m. Occupy members were told of the university policies they were
violating, UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton said on Friday.
Around 5 a.m. on Friday, the Occupy camp was circled by university police. Thirteen
students and one alumnus who refused to leave the grounds were arrested on
misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly and failure to disperse. They were cited and
released about six hours later, police said.
But the authors of the letter say the administration did not have a valid reason to clear
the plaza and arrest the protesters.
“Their crime, formally, was to violate a campus policy against camping,” the letter stated.
“But in reality they were arrested for engaging in political speech at a time and in a
manner that did not please the campus administration.”
Some faculty members are concerned students were disciplined for exercising their right
to free speech, said Tobias Higbie, associate professor of history and one of the drafters
of the letter.
“They’re not out there camping … it’s a protest,” Higbie said. “To say that they’re going
to remove them because they have tents seems a very narrow interpretation of campus
policy.”
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YOU MUST FILE A
TORT CLAIM AT A
SPECIFIC UC CAMPUS
HEALTH CENTER
RATHER THAN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
The University of
California works hard to
conceal the tort claim
process. You can't sue if
you don't file a tort claim
within 6 months.
At first I was duped by the
following document published
by the Regents of the
University of California.
In fact, "section 1 above",
does not inform the
reader that he must serve
a tort claim on the UC
campus involved.
Instead, it provides an
address in San Francisco.
It's the wrong address for
filing a tort claim. Clearly,
the Regents want patients
to come to them for health
care, but if they harm the
patient, they don't want
him to be able to file a
claim.
TORT CLAIM AT A
SPECIFIC UC CAMPUS
HEALTH CENTER
RATHER THAN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
The University of
California works hard to
conceal the tort claim
process. You can't sue if
you don't file a tort claim
within 6 months.
At first I was duped by the
following document published
by the Regents of the
University of California.
In fact, "section 1 above",
does not inform the
reader that he must serve
a tort claim on the UC
campus involved.
Instead, it provides an
address in San Francisco.
It's the wrong address for
filing a tort claim. Clearly,
the Regents want patients
to come to them for health
care, but if they harm the
patient, they don't want
him to be able to file a
claim.
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Warning--the following
statement from the
Office of The General
Counsel of the UC
Regents (“OGC”) is
deceptive; read more
below.
"THE REGENTS IS NOT
SUBJECT TO CLAIM-
FILING PROVISIONS OF
THE TORT CLAIMS ACT
"California Government
Code section 905.6
exempts The Regents of
the University of
California from claim-
filing provisions of the
Tort Claims Act. A
claimant who wishes to
file suit against The
Regents may serve OGC
as specified in section 1
above."
statement from the
Office of The General
Counsel of the UC
Regents (“OGC”) is
deceptive; read more
below.
"THE REGENTS IS NOT
SUBJECT TO CLAIM-
FILING PROVISIONS OF
THE TORT CLAIMS ACT
"California Government
Code section 905.6
exempts The Regents of
the University of
California from claim-
filing provisions of the
Tort Claims Act. A
claimant who wishes to
file suit against The
Regents may serve OGC
as specified in section 1
above."
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industry payments to
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