Summary: In the city of San Francisco, police arrested and pepper-sprayed multiple students that attend the University of California. The students were a the time protesting against a tuition increase. The scandal involved a violent uprising and left four police officers injured. Thirteen people were arrested at the scene and ten of the thirteen were college students. The protesters became very enraged and physical. Some even surrounded a cop, out numbering him by a large amount, and they grabbed his baton and started hitting him with it. This is when the officer called in for back-up. The Police force even felt the need to draw there weapons at certain points because the crowd got so out of hand. Fortunately the police used pepper spray on fifteen of the protesters that tried to get into the building. About 300 students and workers were involved in the protest of an eight percent tuition raise and 32 percent fee increase. The plan would cause student fees to go from $822 to $11,124. Officials replied by saying that the increase was needed to maintain student enrollment courses and services. Although, there is a plan called the Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, so student families earning less than $80,000 per year would not have to pay any tuition if they got financial aid and the plan currently covers families making $70,000 or less.
Opinion: If I put myself in those college students shoes, which is easy to do because I will be attending college next year, I would be upset as well. I know that paying a college tuition is a challenge for many American families. State schools are supposed to be more reasonable, but even then it gets to be enormously spendy. Students should NOT be deprived of a college education because they aren't financially stable. How do we know that a person in poverty, not able to pay for college, could have been the man to find a cure for cancer? I'm not saying that just anyone should be let in, but what I am saying is that students that work hard all through high school, are involved, and get good grades should be able to attend a college without having to worry about breaking the bank. I feel that the California University students had a right to protest against the issue at hand. Except I don't agree with how far they took things. They would have gotten their point across without physically injuring public authorities. That was taking things a step too far. They needed to let their voices be heard, but without actually taking down the officers. So to sum things up I say go college students, speak your mind; without hurting anyone!
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