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In what could be the largest show of police force in Arcata for a generation, documents shared by the Appeal and published this week shed some light on the plan to break up the occupation of Siemens Hall on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus with hundreds of police. The protests began at Siemens Hall on April 22 and lasted into May. In the plan and emails, officials said they expected violence from protesters and requested hundreds of officers to restore law and order on campus.

“The ongoing demonstration continues to have an anti-law enforcement and anti-government focus. Remaining demonstrators have shown a strong commitment to their pro-Palestinian and anti-law enforcement ideology, and there is a strong possibility of violence against responding officers,” Ryan Derby, manager of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services, wrote in an April 27 email that was included in the documents. Derby requested a total of 250 law enforcement officers for April 29 and April 30, where about 30 people were arrested en mass, mostly sitting in a circle with linked arms on the quad.



The draft plan, prepared by Peter Cress, then-interim police chief for Cal Poly Humboldt, outlines out various objectives, logistics and representatives involved. It had five goals, one of which is “where possible, protecting the rights, safety and health of students and employees while eliminating the threat of domestic violent extremism and criminal behavior.” Supposed threats of violence .

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