The intense debate over the City of Newark's new Zero-Tolerance policy took center stage Monday night at the City Council meeting, where the Delaware Undergraduate Student Congress attacked the controversial policy head-on.
More than 150 students poured into the cramped room to show support for DUSC's resolution, read aloud by junior Joseph D'Agostino, city relations co-chairman.
"Despite numerous requests, Newark and UD Police have failed to produce evidence establishing a relationship between noise and the recent increase in violence," D'Agostino stated. "The reason for this is simple - the data does not exist. In no way does audible noise cause or correlate to violence."
The statement was available in Trabant University Center last week where students could sign their names in support of DUSC's position. 625 students have already signed the statement, which is available in Trabant until Thanksgiving break.
The resolution also stated that neither police department has shown evidence regarding the percentage of student assailants in these crimes.
"In actuality, students are more often the targets of violent crime, not the cause."
The law also fails to establish a scientific measurement for noise, making it impossible to ensure a check on the power of police officers, he stated.
Without the use of a device to establish a decibel reading, police officers are not fit to assess the criminality of noise.
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