“... active, vocal protests and expressive activity went forward. We did not and will not seek to shut these down.” Is the bar so low that we have to congratulate admin for simply allowing free speech to occur at UVA?
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When asked if his decision to deploy police was made to protect his job, Ryan claimed “we tried to make the best decisions we could under the circumstances... the fear of losing my job is the last thing that motivated my decision.”
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... One might bear in mind that Ryan is currently a contender for Harvard’s presidency.
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Baucom claimed that he “ached” and that “there are many things that (he replays) in (his) head.” Longo said that he “spent almost 20 years on the streets of Baltimore” but was afraid of the protests, “because the tone was changing.” (Does this mean umbrellas were opened?)
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At the same time, Longo implied that Virginia State Police were only called once negotiations with UVA’s police failed and protestors failed. However, unmarked cars, police vans, and riot gear were spotted at least an hour before...
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... Virginia State Police broke down the encampment, sprayed chemical agents, and arrested people.
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When pressed about whether the faculty members who were arrested were considered continued threats to the community, given their active no trespass orders (NTOs), executive admin demurred.
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A religious studies professor said that “our faculty were there to be calm, to be reasoned, to wipe pepper spray out of the eyes of students” Despite this, the faculty members were still violently detained, and still face judicial proceedings and active NTOs from UVA.
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When asked about civil disobedience, Ryan stated that “I have no judgments of character about any of the students, I just wish they had made different decisions.” Ryan could, at any time, make the decision to grant them amnesty.
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When Ryan left, he told faculty they would have more time to ask executive admin questions. When asked to schedule this time, he again demurred, and left the room.
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Baucom stayed on and, when pressed, said the following: “We believe in protest. The next day there were two pro-palestinian protests on the lawn. They went forward...
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In the coming weeks, we’re sure to hear a lot more apologies and explanations from Ryan’s team. They’ll be meaningless so long as NTOs, charges, and internal judicial proceedings remain in place.
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@UCWVAUVA
This is such an amazing lie.
Protestors got to the driveway of Carr’s hill before the cops were on their way to close in protestors.
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