Why does the University of California employ an armed police force on its campuses? That question, and the anger implied in its wording, was asked repeatedly Wednesday night by UC Berkeley students and faculty of top UC brass. Berkeley was a whistle-stop on their tour of campuses before they prepare UC’s official response to the use of batons and pepper spray against peaceful protesters last November. “I want to take issue with the idea that police on campus are in accordance with academic values,” Gina Patnaik, a doctoral student in English, told the officials and the crowd of about 50 people in Berkeley’s student union who had come to air their views. UC employs about 300 police officers across its 10 campuses.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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