[caption id=”attachment_153048″ align=”aligncenter” width=”5184″]Members of the black student protest group, Concerned Student 1950, raise their arms while addressing a crowd following the announcement University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe would resign Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo. Wolfe resigned Monday with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over his handling of racial tensions at the school. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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The latest development in the situation at the University of Missouri involves a group of students who have gathered on campus armed with “non-lethal weapons” such as tasers and pepper spray and intend to protect a “safe place.”
Young America’s Foundation obtained the following private message that was sent this morning from University of Missouri students through private Facebook groups and text messages:
“Sensitive and confidential info: We’re (black students and our closest allies) gonna occupy the bcc from 9am until. We don’t want them to feel in control. So we’ll hold study hall in our safe place all day and escort ppl wherever they need to be. But don’t put this info on any public platform. Let ppl know they TEXT & DMs only please. Have pepper spray, taser, whatever non lethal weapon if possible. Help protect our safe place and spread the word so blacks can be protected.”
Several protests have broken out at the university this week over alleged incidents of racial discrimination on campus, leading the both the University of Missouri president and chancellor to resign.
YAF students at Mizzou plan to hold a counter protest today.
