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Like BART protests, Internal Documents Reveal UC Has Spied on Student Fee Hike Demonstrations | California Progress Report #UCDavis

Like BART protests, Internal Documents Reveal UC Has Spied on Student Fee Hike Demonstrations | California Progress Report

Like BART protests, Internal Documents Reveal UC Has Spied on Student Fee Hike Demonstrations

By Eric Lee

DAVIS, Ca. – BART actions to inhibit free speech activity isn't new to University of California students who earlier this year uncovered internal documents showing officials has conspired to monitor and control constitutionally-protected fee hike protests at UC Davis.

High-ranking University of California, Davis administrators including Chancellor Linda Katehi, several vice chancellors, more than 30 staff members, and campus police were involved, according to internal documents uncovered by students involved in the demonstrations.

Students and community members are particularly disturbed in light of similar Bay Area Rapid Transit police transgressions on the freedom to communicate.

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