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    Safe Space Harvard closes campus police station because students are ‘intimidated’

    The College Fix Staff




    Harvard has decided to close a 17-year-old campus police station because students said it made them feel “intimidated.”

    According to The Crimson, Harvard University Police made the move regarding the Mather House substation last week, which long has been the subject of student derision.

    Mather resident Faith Woods said she is “well aware” police are “not there to keep [her] actively safe.” Having a cop car parked outside the residence means nothing, she added, saying it actually “implies” residents are being “watched and policed.”

    Student Eleanor Taylor went further, alleging the substation is “violent”: “The real effect that the presence of the HUPD substation has […] is simply a violent, visual intimidation tactic that students are forced to see every time they enter the house.”

    Gender studies and sociology major Kai DeJesus (who uses “she/they/siya” pronouns) agreed, saying “’It’s really important that we keep these violent institutions outside of residences” as the HUPD still “disproportionately targets Black and Brown people […] on campus.”

    Worse still, Taylor noted HUPD officers actually ate lunch in the adjacent dining hall, making students feel “uncomfortable.”

    From the story:

    While the Mather facility is set to close, HUPD continues to operate substations at the University’s Longwood Campus, the Smith Campus Center, and the Harvard Kennedy School’s Wexner Building.

    “The closure will not impact the Department’s ability to respond to calls from the community in an effective and timely manner,” [HUPD spokesperson Steven] Catalano wrote.

    According to the department’s website, the substations are part of a broader focus on “community-oriented problem solving,” aimed at building trust between the department and Harvard affiliates through increased communication and interaction.

    But an external review into HUPD conducted in 2020 recommended that the department reevaluate its current approach to “community policing,” noting that many students and faculty saw the HUPD’s outreach efforts as “superficial and perfunctory.”

    Interestingly in late 2020, Harvard Dean Rakesh Khurana noted the Harvard Police Department would be utilized to enforce COVID-19 social distancing. He said the purpose was “not to punish people,” but to “protect the health and the well being of [the] community.”

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    HUPD still “disproportionately targets Black and Brown people […] on campus.”

    Why? What are they disproportionately doing wrong?

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    HUPD still “disproportionately targets Black and Brown people […] on campus.”

    Why? What are they disproportionately doing wrong?
    Are you victim blaming?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teh One Who Knocks View Post
    Are you victim blaming?
    Sorry

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    HUPD still “disproportionately targets Black and Brown people […] on campus.”

    Why? What are they disproportionately doing wrong?
    Because they commit more crimes






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    Quote Originally Posted by RBP View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by PorkChopSandwiches View Post
    Because they commit more crimes
    It's the only reason I can think of, too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lost in melb. View Post
    It's the only reason I can think of, too.
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