JumpCrisscross3 hours ago
Weapons purchases by any state organisation should be subject to a white list.
Like, if I'm running a group and am given the chance to buy a rocket launcher or whatever, a decision I can make with no oversight or consequence, at some point curiosity is likely to get the better of me.
pmdulaney3 hours ago
The inclusion of a captioned picture of the University of Southern California (USC) implies that it is a state school. It is not.
bell-cot2 hours ago
> A 2021 state law allows campus police to own military equipment for civilian safety – students fear it may be used to quash dissent
<sigh/> Maybe they should ask their History Dept's - or whatever is left of those - how well the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_massacre actually worked out, for the sides which had the guns and "won"? A competent Evil Chancellor would make sure that their dirty work was done by the State Police, ICE, or some other "outsiders" fall guy.
The article mentions "training" all of once, in the phrase "at least annual". Not good. If there's something worse than an angry confrontation between students and over-armed campus security, it's an angry confrontation between students and over-armed but under-trained campus security.
(Yes, in theory the stuff could be intended for active shooter situations. But even allowing for the Guardian's open relationship with factual reporting, it just doesn't sound like that.)