The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is in need of “fundamental, structural changes” following months of violent anti-Israel protests and clashes with police, a report released Thursday found.
The independent investigation by 21st Century Policing Solutions described UCLA’s response to protests as “chaotic” and called for the immediate training of university personnel on university policies and how to respond to campus disruptions, according to the report. The university’s violent protests led to dozens of injuries, property damage and lawsuits over the administration allowing a “Jew Exclusion Zone” to remain on campus.
University leaders were unprepared for the protests and guidance of the school’s policy was unclear, leaving administrators to delay response, the investigation found. University officials and police believed they could not intervene in protests even if university policy was broken unless the demonstrations became violent…