Raped

A story was told about an incident that is a microcosm of what is happening in many parts of the country. A student was raped on the University of Pittsburgh campus and a petition was started to ask for more campus police and got 6,000 signatures. The university responded by announcing a new safety program which included more police. This was follow by students protesting that more police would be mean more discrimination against Black students and so the university reversed its position. Then the student who came up with the original petition apologized and suggested he might have to change schools. The president of this university finds himself in the same position that the mayors of many cities find themselves. If they answer the request of citizens for more police protection then other citizens will say the police presence will discriminate against Blacks. It's the old case of damned if you do and damned if you don't.