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The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


The Weekly: Week Seven Recap

The Weekly: Week Seven Recap

November 2, 2020

NU Community Not Cops daily protests continued this week, and President Morton Schapiro sent out a second email addressing the protests. Also, as the presidential election approaches, many students are...

Armed NIPAS officers at an NU Community Not Cops protest. Human Services Committee members discussed the city’s relationship with NIPAS in a Monday meeting.

Students pepper-sprayed, one arrested during Halloween action to abolish NUPD

November 1, 2020

Evanston police and Illinois crowd control officers, deployed in riot gear with K-9 support, used chemical ammunition and made one arrest during Saturday night’s anti-policing protest led by NU Community...

NU students protest in support of police abolition. On Sunday, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty released a statement responding to the events of Saturday’s protest.

Mayor Steve Hagerty responds to Saturday NUCNC protest

November 1, 2020

After police arrested one Northwestern student and used chemical ammunition against protesters Saturday, Evanston Mayor Steve Hagerty wrote an open letter to University President Morton Schapiro addressing...

A sign from a previous NUCNC demonstration. NUCNC co-hosted a teach-in Tuesday with FMO on the history of prison abolition.

Northwestern Graduate Workers condemn Saturday police escalation, reprehend Schapiro email

November 1, 2020

In a Sunday statement, Northwestern University Graduate Workers condemned the police escalation — including the pepper-spraying and shoving student protestors — at Saturday’s NU Community Not Cops...

Wednesday marks the 17th consecutive day of action led by NUCNC demanding the abolition of University Police. When the group paused outside the EPD precinct, one car issued a warning over the intercom saying “local law will be enforced by citation or arrest.”

NUCNC marches in honor of Walter Wallace Jr., stands with Philadelphia protests

October 28, 2020

Students led by NU Community Not Cops marched to the Evanston Police Department precinct Wednesday in honor of Walter Wallace Jr. — a 27-year-old Black man who Philadelphia police fatally shot Monday...

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