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While Student Publishing Company, the entity that publishes the Daily Northwestern @thedailynu complained to police, the student-run Editorial Board now rejects the company's actions. x.com/thrasherxy/status/1755229681417175516
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"While the students’ alleged actions may violate Illinois law, we believe SPC’s decision to engage the criminal justice system during this investigation was unnecessary and harmful." — @thedailynu Editorial Board
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Further: "Our newspaper has always prided itself on its commitment to informing and supporting students, and we believe our publisher should play no part in perpetrating harm against the communities we aim to serve. …"
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"Our University and community — along with the American policing and justice system as a whole — has a long history of placing people of color in harm’s way. …"
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"As a publication that strives to unearth these injustices through our reporting, we remain wholeheartedly opposed to any course of action that would entwine our publication with this harmful legacy." dailynorthwestern.com/2024/02/05/top-stories/editorial-the-daily-objects-to-the-prosecution-of-our-peers/