UT-Austin Faculty Say They’ve Lost Confidence in University President After Protest Arrests

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Faculty, staff, and elected officials decry DPS deployment

Student organizers with the Palestine Solidarity Committee and supporting faculty rally hundreds in front of the UT Tower Thursday, to protest President Jay Hartzell's deployment of state troopers at a peaceful protest Wednesday.at UT-Austin – most of whom were subsequently released with charges dropped – Thursday saw a second day of protest. This time law enforcement had a much lighter touch, as a coalition of faculty and staff came out to denounce UT’s deployment of state troopers.

Between the state capitol and the UT Tower, hundreds gathered to denounce the arrest of more than 50 peaceful protesters.Faculty announced their loss of confidence in President Hartzell and called for his resignation; a letter for a formal vote of no confidence has now garnered. Hamam said Hartzell “has shown his true colors. He is a leader in title only. He is a pawn of the fascist governor, and he is an enemy to students and workers he should be protecting.

 

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