Alberta to investigate police crackdown on pro-Palestinian campus protests
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will ask the province’s police watchdog to investigate how officers forcibly cleared out two pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government will ask the province’s police watchdog to investigate how officers forcibly cleared out two pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses.
Smith said reports of potential injuries prompted the move to ask the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team to make sure there was no unreasonable use of force.
But Smith stressed that public safety remains paramount.
“I support the right of the University of Alberta and the University of Calgary to ensure a safe environment for all of their students," Smith told the house Monday during question period.
"There is a way to peacefully protest, and you have to protest in compliance with the law.
"We have watched as protests have gotten out of control at UCLA, at Columbia (University in New York), where the universities were trashed and vandalized and Jewish students were made to feel unwelcome and fearful.
“These are the kinds of things that they have to make sure that they are on guard for, so that it doesn't get out of control."
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