The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police

Vox

Left

Mixed Factuality

Independent: Vox Media

The lessons from colleges that didn’t call the police

Pro-Palestinian students and activists face police officers after protesters were evicted from the campus library earlier in the day at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon on May 2. | AFP via Getty Images Deescalating conflict around protests was possible — but many colleges turned to law enforcement instead. For weeks, police have been arriving on college campuses from New York to California at the behest of university officials, sw…