A high-ranking member of the Minnesota Student Association, Lauren Meyers, called on her peers in student government to harass campus law enforcement officers.
The comments were made on a video conference call where members of the student government were discussing a letter calling on UMPD Chief Matt Clark to resign for "Repeatedly and unequivocally disregard[ing] students demands, fail[ing] to increase campus wellness and safety for students of color, and allow[ing] the utilization of UMPD as a physical arm of the oppressive state to subjugate and silence community members both on and off campus."
UMN Student Association Rep Lauren Meyers advocates disrupting #UMPD police to "Make their lives hell, annoy the sh*t out of them, use up their resources, make their officers show up to something." #MN pic.
The unions also called on university officials to launch an investigation "For Student Code of Conduct violations." The unions cited multiple areas of the student code of conduct, including falsification, attempt to injure or defraud, and disorderly conduct.
"We are two members of the Minnesota Student Association Executive Board and we wholeheartedly denounce the comments that were made during the April 14, 2021 Executive Board meeting regarding police interference on campus," the pair said in a statement.
"The public comments made by our colleague, unintended or otherwise, have cast a dark shadow on what should be a constructive dialogue among elected student government leaders, the student body, administration, and other stakeholders."
According to Alpha News, this isn't the first time a member of student government has been involved in anti-law enforcement rhetoric.
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