4/13/13 - Protesters told the Vanguard that this was intended to be a one-day event. The building is shut down in support of the people of Palestine and in support of the campus divestment in Israel. Some student tuition, the Vanguard was told, ends up supporting Israeli businesses. There was recently a relatively modest divestment bill before ASUCD, with very widespread support, but the bill ended up being rejected. Student protesters also claim that that they reject the equating of anti-Israeli speech with hate speech by those in the upper echelons of the UC administration. The scene was a bit surreal, coming just over a week after twelve students reached a plea agreement with the Yolo County DA’s office following a string of protests last January through March that ended in the U.S. Bank in the Memorial Union closing its doors. Those events, coming just weeks after the contentious and embarrassing pepper spray incident, resulted in a lawsuit against the UC Regents after police officials were instructed not to arrest student protesters despite the fact that the bank was continually having to shut its doors early. The bank closed its doors for good on March 4 and the UC Regents last June agreed to pay US Bank $225,000 in a settlement agreement. davisvanguard.org/ucd-student-protesters-lock-down-dutton-hall/
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