UAPB Hosts Protest in Solidarity with National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
By Natalie Colby and Ivana Martinez
June 15, 2020
The National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression called for June 13 to be a day of action to stop police crimes, and Utah against Police Brutality answered that call. Other organizations were also present, including Freedom Roads Socialist Organization and Insurgence TV. Crowd...
Students Heading into Healthcare Respond to COVID-19 Pandemic
By Kayleigh Silverstein, News Writer
June 14, 2020
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals have been busy, nurses and doctors have been overworked and the need for healthcare workers has become more and more apparent. Thus, people across the country are showing their admiration in various ways. Through neighborhood sign...
Members of the Community Attend Burial of Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal
By Ivana Martinez, Assistant News Editor
June 11, 2020
After two weeks of protesting, there was silence as members of the community came together to mourn and lay to rest Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal at the Salt Lake City Cemetery on June 10, 2020. Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal died at age 22, after being fatally shot 20 times by Salt Lake City Police officers on May 23. ...
As Protestors Demand the Defunding of SLCPD, Salt Lake City Council Reviews Demands in Virtual Meeting
By Ivana Martinez, Natalie Colby, and Megan Mckellar
June 10, 2020
Eds: Story includes vulgarity “This is not a riot, this is an uprising. This is not a riot, this is a rebellion and successful uprisings and rebellions become revolutions,” said speaker and organizer Deja Gaston from the Party for Socialism and Liberation Salt Lake at the Galliv...
Candle Light Vigil Held in the Rain for Victim of Police Brutality Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal
By Ivana Martinez and Natalie Colby
June 7, 2020
On May 23, Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal was shot over 20 times in the back and killed by Salt Lake City Police. On June 5, the body cam footage of the murder was released, and on June 6 a crowd gathered outside the Utah State Capitol for a candlelight vigil for Palacios-Carbajal. The vigil was held by the Rosepark Brown Berets, where Palacios-...
University of Utah SDS Hold Car Caravan to Demand the Defunding of Campus Police
By Natalie Colby and Ivana Martinez
June 6, 2020
While protests against police brutality are occurring in every state across the nation, the University of Utah Students for a Democratic Society hosted their own car caravan to demand the defunding of campus police. “We don’t want any of our tuition money, we don’t want any s...
Black Lives Matter Protests Continue for the Fourth Consecutive Day
By Ivana Martinez and Natalie Colby
June 5, 2020
Protests continued for the fourth day straight in Salt Lake City, meeting at the Utah State Capitol for an event organized by Black Hammer Utah. The event garnered a crowd that filled the grass and surrounding streets in front of the capitol while police officers watched on from the front and step...
#BlackLivesMatter in Salt Lake City: A Photo Series
By Jacqueline Mumford, Mark Draper, Ivana Martinez, Gwen Christopherson, and Manasij Mukherjee
June 5, 2020
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SLC Residents Voice Concerns to Council Regarding Proposed $84M Police Budget
By Natalie Colby, Ivana Martinez, and Joseph Moss
June 3, 2020
On June 2, the Salt Lake City Council allowed Salt Lake residents to state their thoughts and comments on the upcoming agenda. Comments were mostly directed towards the budget — which proposed an allocation of $84 million towards the Salt Lake City Police Department — the recent curfew, and prot...
U Student Life Center Offers Online Fitness
By Kayleigh Silverstein, News Writer
June 2, 2020
The Student Life Center on the University of Utah’s campus is a hub of activity. It provides students, faculty and staff alike with a variety of resources such as open gyms, equipment to use to work out and fitness classes — to name a few. Now that the U has been shut down for months...
