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My friend got a formal warning for handing out flyers at UC Berkeley last month

He was just giving out info about a debate on Middle East policy, nothing graphic or violent. The campus police said he needed a permit from the student activities office three days in advance, which he didn't know about. This happened right outside the main library on a Tuesday afternoon. It feels like the rules are more about stopping speech than keeping order, you know? Has anyone else run into these permit issues at their school for just trying to talk to people?
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river952
river9521mo ago
We got around that by just having people sign a petition instead.
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pat_moore
pat_moore1mo ago
Didn't a court case recently say public universities can't do that?
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the_wendy
the_wendy1mo ago
Yeah, that ruling is why our legal team told us to pause all new DEI statements last month.
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