Baltimore police arrest students at Garland Hall
Reporting about the SGA, not a record of it: The Johns Hopkins News-Letter published this and the SGA did not write it, file it, or approve it. The archive holds it because the article itself uses the phrase “student government”.
Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article reports on the arrests of protesters at the Garland Hall sit-in and the responses from university officials, organizers and student leaders.
- The News-Letter reported that Baltimore police arrested seven people, including four students, during the month-long sit-in opposing a private police force and university contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- The paper reported that five protesters were arrested for trespassing and two for impeding traffic; a state’s attorney spokesperson said the arrests would not be prosecuted, and those arrested were later released without charges or bail.
- The article adds that university administrators called police and fire officials at 4:51 a.m. to evict students, while President Ronald J. Daniels and Provost Sunil Kumar said the occupation was no longer peaceful.
- The reporter writes that organizers did not attend a proposed meeting because they said they lacked time to respond collectively, and they requested negotiations and amnesty for participants.
- According to the article, outgoing SGA Executive President AJ Tsang said he expected peaceful negotiations to be scheduled, while Sophomore Class Senator Sam Mollin said the administration did not appear sincere about negotiating.
- The News-Letter reported that junior Karter James Burnett said the arrests would not end the protest movement.