re: Brown U officials face heat: CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups

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Something tells me that massive endowment is about to get a bit smaller.

Was College Republicans Vice President Ella Cook shot multiple times and everybody else who was injured or killed was collateral damage for the killer?

Will forensics be able to determine she was the target?

Did Brown, the police, and the coroner know the truth and didn’t release this assessment which could have helped protect the public?

Did Brown systematically turn off cameras to protect special groups from ICE in August?

Did the police chief at Brown ignore a custodian’s warnings a dozen times about suspicious activity linked to the mass killer?

Should the DOJ launch an investigation into the negligence of Brown violating Cook’s civil rights and ultimate loss of life?

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Where is the source for "CCTV cameras removed at the request of activist groups"? It's not in the video, just in the tweet. I can't find anything on that. If true, they have blood on their hands.

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If Brown did take down cameras to accommodate special interests groups, they are contributory negligent.

If the shooter used his knowledge of the camera system being down because of the Brown camera policy, Brown negligently aided and facilitated his actions.

The family of Ella Cook may file a wrongful death complaint against Brown.

The contributory negligence complaint can be filed against Brown in Birmingham, Alabama which is the jurisdiction and residence of Cook and her family.

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If Brown did take down cameras to accommodate special interests groups, they are contributory negligent.

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Agreed. But did Brown U take down cameras to appease certain groups? I still haven't seen anything on this other than that tweet.

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I still haven't seen anything on this other than that tweet.

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Seems to be a trend.

Didn't Trump say they were going to get investigated? You can get them on negligence that denied individual rights for those killed and injured.

But again, it may have to be tried in Florida because a Rhode Island jury will not find any activist democrats guilty of anything.

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The question is: Did Brown University acquiesce under pressure from far-left human rights groups to disable their CCTV systems, in advance of the mass shooting on campus?

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a group of far-left human rights advocates sent a letter to 150 U.S. colleges and universities asking them to disable the CCTV systems to protect “free expression and academic freedom across the country,” because “the Trump administration has launched an aggressive campaign against US academic institutions.”

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The motive for the request to disable CCTV systems as stated: “Right now these tools are facilitating the identification and punishment of student protesters, undermining activists’ right to anonymity––a right the Supreme Court has affirmed as vital to free expression and political participation.”

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The Group that sent Brown the letter in August requesting cctv be disabled is Fight For The Future. Here is a direct link to their letter sent to Brown: fightforthefuture.org

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Dear university administrators and trustees, We are human rights organizations writing to express concerns about campus surveillance tools and policies that have the potential to fuel attacks on free expression and academic freedom across the country. Since January 2025, the Trump administration has launched an aggressive campaign against US academic institutions, revoking international students’ visas and threatening universities with funding cuts unless they agree to suppress speech on campus. The president of Princeton University has described this assault as “the greatest threat to American universities since the Red Scare of the 1950s.” As university leaders take steps to defend their communities, it is imperative that data minimization, data privacy, and the dismantling of harmful surveillance systems are prioritized alongside other protective measures. Without immediate action, surveillance tools and the data they amass will be used to supercharge the virulent attacks on campus communities.

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Protest, free speech, academic freedom, and press freedom are indispensable in democracies, and are even more important as fascism looms. University campuses must be spaces where people feel safe to speak truth to power, express dissenting opinions, report freely on campus issues, and organize for social change.

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For years, researchers and tech experts have warned about the ways surveillance technologies are fundamentally at odds with the principles of freedom of expression, and democracy broadly. Right now these tools are facilitating the identification and punishment of student protesters, undermining activists’ right to anonymity––a right the Supreme Court has affirmed as vital to free expression and political participation. They are also being used to monitor students’ online activity, forcing students to self-censor and contributing to a broader chilling effect on online speech and journalism.

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Beyond stifling free expression, surveillance technologies are often deeply flawed and biased. They disproportionately misidentify people of color, women, children, nonbinary individuals, and people with disabilities—errors that can lead to wrongful disciplinary actions and false arrests. Far from making campuses safer, these tools can bring about serious harm, potentially with life-altering consequences.

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Now, in the face of Trump’s attacks on U.S. universities, the stakes of invasive tracking of students have never been higher. The troves of data amassed through surveillance tools can be accessed by agencies like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to track, intimidate, and disappear campus community members who have engaged in constitutionally protected speech. These attacks are part and parcel of the administration’s broader campaign to criminalize immigrants and the expression of dissent––a campaign enabled by nationwide surveillance infrastructure.

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As university administrators, you have the responsibility to safeguard your campus community and uphold the constitutional rights and fundamental freedoms of students, faculty, and staff––especially in the face of the anti-rights campaign led by the Trump administration. To stand against these threats, we urge you to adopt the following practices:

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Refuse to cooperate or share data with law enforcement agencies: Refuse to cooperate with local, state, and federal lawmakers, law enforcement agents, and immigration authorities seeking to surveil, detain, and deport students, faculty, or staff. This includes prohibiting university staff from voluntarily sharing campus community members’ personal data with law enforcement, especially data that can aid in the targeting of activists, like immigration status and records of disciplinary actions. This also includes discontinuing any default data sharing agreements with campus police and local police departments.

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Secure data with end-to-end encryption: Secure student, faculty, and staff data with the highest levels of protection, including end-to-end encryption. Mandate training for university staff on data security practices.

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Delete sensitive data: Purge any data collected on students, staff, and faculty that is not essential to the functioning of the university––including data that can be used to fuel the targeting of protesters, immigrants, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Delete video footage and photos of campus protesters acquired through surveillance cameras and ID swipe records that identify student and staff movements across campus.

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Dismantle surveillance: Discontinue the use of invasive technologies that collect sensitive data. This includes tools and practices such as ID swipe tracking, social media monitoring, facial recognition tools, license plate readers, motion and heat sensors, WiFi vendors that collect people’s location data, and biometric online exam proctoring programs. The data amassed by these tools may be weaponized by local, state, and federal agencies to target activists, immigrants, journalists, and other vulnerable groups on campus.

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Reject mask restriction policies: Mask restrictions fundamentally threaten free speech and increase the criminalization of protestors. These policies also jeopardize the safety of the entire campus community by exposing people to the ongoing threats of COVID, Long COVID, and other public health issues. Universities must oppose proposed restrictions on masking, and retain COVID safety policies that allow students to remain masked.

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Harm reduction related to doxxing: Provide campus community members with information about data deletion services (i.e. services that remove personal data and other information from data broker databases) and educational resources that allow students, staff, and faculty to proactively protect themselves against doxxing. Also provide tools and services to mitigate harm once doxxing occurs.

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There is more to the letter concerning ICE. Use the link for the full letter.

Brown is being evasive on whether they complied with the letter and took down cctv in August 2025 to hinder ICE.

Brown is going to have to be legally compelled to answer the question: Did you take down the cctv in August 2025 at the request of the group “Fight For The Future?”