The University of California Board of Regents will consider UCLA’s requests for more weapons despite faculty claims of their misuse against peaceful protesters last spring.
UC spokesman Stett Holbrook called the police requests a 'routine agenda item' for non-lethal alternatives, emphasizing their importance for public safety and operational readiness.
Several faculty and students have raised concerns about the use of pepper balls and sponge rounds during protests, claiming they were wrongly used against demonstrators.
A UCLA professor shared a traumatic experience as his student suffered serious injuries from a projectile during a protest, raising alarms about policing methods.
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