California University Students, Employees Demand Removal Of Campus Police
Tuesday, May 4, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
A group paints signs calling for the abolition of police on the UC Davis Campus, Monday, May 3, 2021.
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At universities across California, students and workers refused to attend class or meetings, answer emails and clock into work Monday as part of a “day of refusal” organized by the group Cops Off Campus Coalition. The work stoppage began Abolition May, a series of actions grounded in a central demand: Remove police from all campuses.
Though the action was all-virtual due to the pandemic, 27 centers and departments in University of California schools and over 1,100 individuals throughout the nation signed a pledge to participate in the day of refusal.