University Senate calls for dropping charges, investigation into protest response

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University Senate calls for dropping charges, investigation into protest response

At the first University Senate meeting after hundreds of riot police broke up the occupation of Siemens Hall, Cal Poly Humboldt senators called on District Attorney Stacey Eads to drop all charges against students and faculty in the protests, with 21 voting yes, 1 no and 4 abstaining on the resolution. The Senate also voted to call for a full, independent investigation into the decision-making process after the April 22 occupation, with one abst…