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REPORT: UC Berkeley Asked Police Not To Use Bathrooms So As To Avoid Triggering Students

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Recently released communications between University of California-Berkeley officials and a “security patrol officer” reveals that Berkeley demanded cops and other law enforcement officials use off-campus bathrooms during protests to avoid “triggering” Berkeley students.

The College Fix reports that the exchange, obtained by Young America’s Foundation, shows a 25-year law enforcement veteran complaining to Berkeley’s Chancellor Carol Christ that he and his fellow officers had “never been treated with such disrespect and disregard” as they were during Berkeley’s “Free Speech Week” protests.

Security officers were allegedly asked to enter and exit buildings through stairwells — a concession they were happy to make in light of the crowds of people protesting the “Free Speech Week” events — but were also ordered “not to use any restrooms,” “as it was upsetting some students.”

The Fix notes that it’s not clear who ordered the officers to use off-campus bathrooms, but the officer in question appears to believe the request came from Berkeley higher-ups — and he’s not happy about it.

“How can we foster a sense of community policing when the campus community, that we work hard to protect, has such disdain for us as fellow human beings that would deny us such a basic human function. [sic],” the officer says in the letter. “If we treated a member of the campus community in this way we would most certainly be held accountable and rightly so.”

The officer then reportedly referred to a speech on “inclusion” given earlier in the week, noting Berkeley’s inability to fully reject hatred.

“We have done nothing to warrant the dehumanizing and bullying behavior that we and our partner agencies experienced this week. We simply tried our best to protect the students, faculty, and staff, as we do on a daily basis, from any possible harm,” the officer wrote.

Berkeley is still struggling with the fallout from last year’s protests, which, on occasion, turned violent.

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