Photo story: Abolish TUPD holds second protest

Abolish TUPD hosted a protest in front of Gibson Hall on the afternoon of Nov. 16. Abolish TUPD is a student-run organization that calls for the abolition of the Tulane University Police Department and urges the university administration to listen to BIPOC students and workers. Abolish TUPD hung a comprehensive list of demands near Gibson Hall. The group had protestors sign up for time slots in advance to abide by social distancing rules.

  • Abolish TUPD sign made by student protesters hangs on the front steps of Gibson Hall at the start of the protest.

    Abby Freedman
  • Signs made by protesters stand in the landscaping in front of Gibson Hall.

    Abby Freedman
  • Ursula Girdwood
  • A protest leader reads sections of Angela Davis’s “Are Prisons Obsolete?” out loud into a megaphone.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • Protestors sit on the steps of Gibson Hall, listening to Angela Davis’s “Are Prisons Obsolete?” being read into a megaphone.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • A protestor sits painting a sign in front of the admissions office. This sign says, “Listen to BIPOC students and workers.”

    Abby Freedman
  • A protestor sits painting a sign in front of the admissions office. This sign says, “Listen to BIPOC students and workers.”

    Ursula Girdwood
  • The steps of Gibson Hall, where the admissions office is located, are written on with chalk.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • Protestors hold signs towards cars passing on St. Charles Avenue.

    Abby Freedman
  • Additional signs lean against the Tulane University name monument as the protest continues.

    Abby Freedman
  • Two protestors hold a Black Lives Matter sign on St. Charles Avenue.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • A paper chain, made with scraps of paper on which protestors wrote reasons for abolishing Tulane University Police Department, is hung on the door of the admissions office at Gibson Hall.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • A paper chain, made with scraps of paper on which protestors wrote reasons for abolishing Tulane University Police Department, is hung on the door of the admissions office at Gibson Hall.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • Abolish TUPD’s demands were placed in the slots for flyers to the left of the St. Charles Avenue entrance into Gibson Hall.

    Ursula Girdwood
  • A note written by Abolish TUPD members, the paper chain made by protestors, and the demands of Abolish TUPD were all taped to the door of the admissions office in Gibson Hall.

    Ursula Girdwood
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News Editor Amy Nankin contributed to the reporting for this story.