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COLUMBIA - Columbia Police Department announced it will host a forum called “Empowering People” with the MU School of Law to discuss the State v. Derek Chauvin trial and policing practices.
Michael Hester, a CPD Lieutenant officer, said that after personally marching and communicating with protestors last year after the tragic death of George Floyd, he hopes this forum lets the community know that CPD wants to be a part of the conversation.
“This discussion is important because Derek Chauvin violated the public trust in law enforcement,” Hester said. “He violated the standards and the trust of the community. And his actions harmed people in all walks of life all over America. And so our community is hurting as well. And we just want to be present and part of the healing and let people know what goes on in Columbia, Missouri.”
Conservative state lawmakers clash with public colleges, again.
Jon Krause for The Chronicle
Welcome to the rodeo. It s the classic duel between state lawmakers and public colleges. You may have seen the show before.
This time, conservative lawmakers in some states are clashing with institutions over how to teach social-justice issues and privilege. In the backdrop of this face-off, Republicans and Democrats remain divided on how they perceive higher education. Student protests aren t drawing the same attention that they did four years ago, maybe because the coronavirus pandemic has sent most campuses online. Instead, lawmakers are clashing over how colleges teach and remember history. And public colleges, regulated and funded in part by state legislatures, are torn between wrangling or pacifying the big bull (state lawmakers, if you re following the metaphor), given the pandemic and the recession.