To protect free speech, SUNY Binghamton must throw the book at these bullies

[Catskillkid]

Happened at my alma mater, the latest institute of higher education that is see free speech disrupted by foaming at the mouth leftists.

To protect free speech, SUNY Binghamton must throw the book at these bullies

 

[Catskillkid]

Art Laffer shouted out of campus lecture by protesters: They 'clearly don't want free speech'

 

[Catskillkid]

 

[Podmonkey]

There is no reasoning with the left. No point in talking to them. Do you understand @BDinPutnam?
The left is not interested in reasonable discourse.
The only way to fight the left is through force of arms, the longer we wait the harder it will be to succeed.

 

[Catskillkid]

From an earlier protest where the leftists turned over tables from a student group supporting gun rights among other conservative positions.

 

[GOPerfect]

Some of the university cops are so fucking weak?!!!

 

[GOPerfect]

A few good, rough arrests would slow this shit down.

 

[MikeM]

I am sure the cops were just following orders from administration on how to handle this. It had to be anticipated and discussed. I went to the presidents website and it is being addressed.

I just wrote him how unacceptable this was and that they might as well take me off of the call list for donations since they are off my list. Enough alumni tell him this it might make a difference next time such a situation arises.

 

[Deplorable Me]

I am sure the cops were just following orders from administration on how to handle this. It had to be anticipated and discussed. I went to the presidents website and it is being addressed.

I just wrote him how unacceptable this was and that they might as well take me off of the call list for donations since they are off my list. Enough alumni tell him this it might make a difference next time such a situation arises.

Is there an alumni newsletter or alumni association? Attend an alumni gathering and I'm sure you'll find other graduates who think along your line. Cutting their purse strings is a good start.

 

[tlj000]

They were some how admitted to the SUNY systems most selective school and the NYS tax payers are paying their tuition. Yet they are still bitter and unhappy.

 

[FrankenCub]

Senator Fred Akshar cancels visit to Binghamton University after protests

Senator Fred Akshar announced Monday night that he will no longer be going through with a planned visit to Binghamton University's campus, following the recent protests.

wbng.com

 

[99cummins]

SUNY and Binghamton.... Enough said.

 

[libertysnake]

A few good, rough arrests would slow this shit down.

Those are the university police. The county sheriff has less tolerance for their bullshit / not caring about other people's rights.
One year the libs tried to shutdown Vestal Parkway when I was up there. They were blocking the highway, preventing people from getting to the campus. This was the result:

Protesting 5 Years Of War

Demonstrations Mark Fifth Anniversary Of U.S. Invasion Of Iraq

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Catskillkid]

Those are the university police. The county sheriff has less tolerance for their bullshit / not caring about other people's rights.
One year the libs tried to shutdown Vestal Parkway when I was up there. They were blocking the highway, preventing people from getting to the campus. This was the result:

Protesting 5 Years Of War

Demonstrations Mark Fifth Anniversary Of U.S. Invasion Of Iraq

www.cbsnews.com

Did you go to college there? I got my bachelor's in '07 and my master's in '10. Just wondering if maybe we crossed paths at some point.

 

[libertysnake]

Did you go to college there? I got my bachelor's in '07 and my master's in '10. Just wondering if maybe we crossed paths at some point.

We probably crossed paths. Timelines add up.

 

[Blimey]

Those are the university police. The county sheriff has less tolerance for their bullshit / not caring about other people's rights.
One year the libs tried to shutdown Vestal Parkway when I was up there. They were blocking the highway, preventing people from getting to the campus. This was the result:

Protesting 5 Years Of War

Demonstrations Mark Fifth Anniversary Of U.S. Invasion Of Iraq

www.cbsnews.com

Five years ago was a life time. Now you can block traffic all you like with sits in and lie downs etc, and instead of getting the snow plows out to remove you (do that once I promise nobody blocks highways again), the cops just stand to the side and watch.

 

[Vapor]

SUNY Binghamton actually have state troopers on campus. They do not have their own campus police force.

 

[Catskillkid]

SUNY Binghamton actually have state troopers on campus. They do not have their own campus police force.

They're University Police (UPD) which, as you say, are technically state troopers whose jurisdiction is limited to campus and maybe the immediately surrounding areas. My understanding is most SUNY campuses have them.

At least when I was there and having interacted with several of them (I was in Residential Life so had to make calls to them periodically for malfeasance on the part of dorm residents) they were usually pretty professional but also more apt to let a lot of things slide than your regular cop or state trooper.

 

[meketrefe]

Every day this looks more like Somalia vs the USA.

 

[spat]

Why do colleges get their own police ?

I really don't like the idea of schools or colleges having their own police that answer (at least in part) to the school administrators who have a vested interest in minimizing the appearance of trouble on campus seems like it's asking for trouble.

If someone is sexually assaulted on campus I want the perpetrator arrested and charged in a court of law, not expelled in secret.

 

[GOPerfect]

Why do colleges get their own police ?

I really don't like the idea of schools or colleges having their own police that answer (at least in part) to the school administrators who have a vested interest in minimizing the appearance of trouble on campus seems like it's asking for trouble.

If someone is sexually assaulted on campus I want the perpetrator arrested and charged in a court of law, not expelled in secret.

Most has to do with costs.

Years ago, University "Police" were really nothing more than advanced security guards. Little to know power to do anything. Lots of cost analysis went into the equation and the campus police came to be.

I am simplifying, of course.

 

[spat]

Most has to do with costs.

Years ago, University "Police" were really nothing more than advanced security guards. Little to know power to do anything. Lots of cost analysis went into the equation and the campus police came to be.

I am simplifying, of course.

Whatever the reason, it's a bad idea.

It seems like their primary mission is to protect the school and not the students. So you get all sorts of secret administrative punishments when there should really be criminal charges. And doing that stuff in secret means there is no due process for anyone.

Someone gets raped, the school wants the perpetrator quietly expelled, they do not want a trial and real charges, so the victim never gets real justice.

At the same time, someone else makes up a false accusation of rape, and the school just wants the same result, the accused expelled with as little public notice as possible.

It's a complete mockery of justice. And with the "cops" answering to the school administrators that's what you get.

If you had real police who were just stationed on campus, and frequently rotated out to the "real world" and did not participate in the schools kangaroo court system, but used the real courts, you wouldn't get that.