This is the process of excessive liberality turning into excessive authority, and relates to what Republicans react to (with equally excessive zeal) by calling democrats fascist.

Democrats are not (necessarily) fascists. Republicans are not (necessarily) nazis. But the problematic tendencies of the extremes of the parties aren't resolved by going more extremely partisan and authoritarian.

Tbf though this is non-lethal stuff. And I don't know that much about American police, but maybe it's not such a bad idea universities don't let them handle crowd control? I hear they don't have the best track record.

(I get that in an ideal world universities shouldn't arm themselves against their students, but come on, Jeff from the economics department is a real douchebag, and ever since he has been hanging around with those extremists he is becoming more and more unhinged)

So, no weapons for police? What if there were an outside force that was attacking students/university ie. bubbas for book burning club with torches? Should there not be ANY police force?

What people in this thread are missing or ignoring:

• The University of California is known for being a place for political protests
• These protests do not always stay peaceful
• These protests are not always primarily student-run or consisting of students

All combinations have happened. Peaceful student-run protests with overreactive police. Violent non-student protests with police doing their job to control things. And everything in between.