Ohio State University Students Demand School Cut Ties With Police Following Death Of Knife-Wielding 16-Year-Old
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Following the death of a knife-wielding 16-year-old, hundreds of student activists at Ohio State University staged a protest inside of the student union demanding an end to the school’s contract with the Columbus Police Department.
According to the Ohio State student-led newspaper, The Lantern, 400 students convened at the student union to demand that the school cut ties with the Columbus police. The Undergraduate Student Government (USG) has attempted to pass similar non-binding legislation in recent months, though the demands were reinvigorated following the shooting of a 16-year-old by a Columbus police officer.
On Tuesday night, a Columbus police officer shot and killed 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. Bodycam footage of the interaction shows Bryant was attempting to stab a 13-year-old black girl when a policeman, who was called to the scene, intervened and discharged his weapon.
Students have come to believe that the shooting of Bryant was unjustified and another indicator of the deep-seated “systemic racism” in police and America.
Pranav Jani, an associate professor of English at Ohio State, documented the staged protest at the student union. “A few hundred people out here at Ohio State to protest police murder. #makhiabryant #BlackLivesMatter,” Jani tweeted. “Check that. Several hundred. Now occupying = taking back = the Ohio Union. And making it a student union again.”
Per Jani’s documentation, students marched from the union to the Columbus Capitol building carrying signs with Bryant’s name and other social justice messages.
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