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July 15, 2016

Case Western Students Protest School's Decision to House Cops During RNC
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In Cleveland, students at Case Western Reserve University are protesting
the administration's plan to house nearly 2,500 police officers and
National Guardsmen in campus dorms during the Republican National
Convention next week. Students say the plan puts their own safety at
risk, in light of the recent fatal police shootings of African Americans
Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon
Heights, Minnesota.

Case Western Reserve University student: "There is an essential shutdown
of all buildings. All employees are asked to stay home. Students are
being essentially evacuated from campus, because Case didn't seem to
realize that housing 1,700 officers and 200 National Guards might have
complicated the university's situation quite a bit."

Topics:Education Republican Party2016 Election

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