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Like many guest speakers at the Institute of Politics (IOP), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert S. Mueller III attracted unruly protests when he spoke in April. Nevertheless, the Harvard University Police Department’s (HUPD) heavy-handed response amounted to an alarming break with precedent and procedure...
When four seniors briefly disrupted Mueller’s speech by shouting slogans from their seats, HUPD disregarded Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) regulations stipulating that non-violent protesters be given a warning before they are removed from an event, and instead immediately and forcefully ejected the protestors. Once outside, the four were arrested and charged with disturbing a public assembly, a charge which carries a potential penalty of a fine and up to a month in prison...
...viewpoints deserve a chance to promulgate their views without disruption—we strongly condemn the police’s draconian response. By choosing to disregard unambiguous guidelines emplaced to protect the right to free speech that is so vital to any university’s mission, HUPD risked chilling speech on campus and silencing dissenting views. Thankfully, the University wisely pressed for all charges to be dropped, and a Middlesex County judge dismissed the case...
...both editorials, the simplistic depiction of the Quad incident is strikingly contradicted by the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) log and e-mail archives, which indicate that the disturbance posed by the student members of the Association of Black Harvard Women and the Black Men’s Forum was not a mere noise issue. First, the Cabot students assumed their black peers—black students who were wearing Harvard apparel and who are leaders of many prominent organizations on campus—to not be members of Harvard. Second, HUPD acted on this incorrect assumption by demanding identification...
...While the comparison of HUPD tactics to racialized policing during Apartheid may be imperfect, the metaphor is apt: students who are routinely subject to identification checks regard their treatment on the Quad lawn as a harsh reminder that, by some, they are not viewed as being part of this community. In fact, in the wake of the incident many black alumni have cited similar trends of excessive scrutiny from HUPD, resident tutors, and their peers. Even faculty members have been subject to similar treatment because of their race. The two aforementioned editorials completely disregarded—and therefore trivialized?...