On Friday evening, around a dozen University of Chicago students occupied the campus police building for 20 hours, demanding that the university defund the police department and instead divert funds to grassroots projects on the South Side of the city.
WBBM Newsradio reported that the #CareNotCops campaign, which is part of UChicago’s Student Action set up inside the building on Friday afternoon for a rally and demonstration that lasted overnight Friday and ended Saturday morning.
Really crazy story developing in Chicago tonight.
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) June 13, 2020
Student protesters at one of the country’s elite universities, the University of Chicago, are both inside and outside their school PD.
But the students inside are being denied food, water, and bathrooms.pic.twitter.com/erBbNkVX6s
At that time, the protesters came outside to join others who had set up tents with food and water and slept outside the building.
University of Chicago police are blocking the doors, preventing us from getting access to food, water, & bathroom breaks during our peaceful sit in. Folk bought pizza and we can't get it. Call 773-702-8181 and DEMAND that they stop blocking the doors. #WeKeepUsSafe #HydePark pic.twitter.com/h8Mxkg8BjR
— Abolition is a Presence Asha AE (@Asha_2A) June 12, 2020
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THATS IT BOY HAVE I HAD IT W/THESE ANARCHISTS MANIACS. MY ADVICE TO THEM: IF U HATE AMERICA LEAVE , GET THE DAMN HECK OUT I WILL HELP YOU PACK. THIS HAS TO END AND NOW. STARVE THESE IDIOTS OUT THEN ARREST THEM AND THROW THEM IN JAIL FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS THIS STUFF HAS TO BE OVER. PERIOD.