Students took to State Street
to celebrate after Joe Biden was
declared the winner of the 2020
presidential election on Saturday.
LSA sophomore Grace Timmer
said that after such a close race, it
was relieving to see the results
this morning and the community
support this afternoon.
“I am elated to be here and see
all the support for Biden,” Timer
said. “It’s amazing after the tight
election to see everyone come out
and take a deep breath.”
Timmer isn’t the only one who
is optimistic.
President-elect
Biden
preached hope as he accepted
his new job alongside Vice
President-elect Kamala Harris
before a crowd at Chase Center
in Wilmington, Del., Saturday
night.
It was the pair’s first public
appearance since the Associated
Press projected that former Vice
President Biden and Sen. Harris,
D-Calif., would become the 46th
president and 49th vice president
of the United States, respectively.
“With full hearts and steady
hands, with faith in America
and in each other, with a love of
country and a thirst for justice,
let us be the nation that we know
we can be,” Biden said. “A nation
united. A nation strengthened. A
nation healed. The United States
of America.”
Biden
emphasized
his
commitment to unity during
these politically polarizing times
and pledged to be a president for
all Americans.
“Now for all those of you who
voted for President Trump, I
understand your disappointment
tonight,” Biden said. “I’ve lost a
couple of times myself, but now
let’s give each other a chance.”
Six years after police shot
and killed Aura Rosser, a
Black woman, in her Ann
Arbor home, hundreds of
students
and
community
members gathered in front
of city hall for a vigil in her
memory.
Deborah Carter, Rosser’s
mother, spoke publicly for the
first time since her daughter’s
death.
Surrounded
by
family members including
Aura Rosser’s cousins and
daughter, Carter described
Rosser as an artist and a very
lovable person.
“Unfortunately, the police
chose to shoot her in the
heart rather than in the foot
because she was in a rage,
they say, but there was no
need to murder my baby,”
Carter said.
Ann Arbor police officers
Mark Raab and David Ried
responded
to
a
911
call
at Rosser’s home in Ann
Arbor
about
a
domestic
disturbance on Nov. 10, 2014.
Police arrived at the scene
and
were
confronted
by
Rosser, a 40-year-old mother
of three. After Rosser was
seen holding a knife and was
within 6 to 10 feet of the
officers, Raab unholstered
his taser and Ried drew his
firearm.
Both
officers
deployed
their weapons. Rosser died
shortly after being shot in
the chest. According to Raab,
no more than a few seconds
passed between the time
officers entered the house,
and Ried fatally shot Rosser,
according
to
documents
released by the Washtenaw
Prosecutor’s Office in 2015.
“This officer yelled ‘stop’
and fired the taser at Rosser,
fearing for officer safety,”
Raab
said.
“Officer
Ried
fired his sidearm at nearly
the same time. The time from
when officers first entered
the house and yelled ‘police’
to when she was shot and
Tasered was approximately
5-to-10 seconds.”
Sunday night’s vigil drew
hundreds to city hall. Lisa
Jackson,
a
University
of
Michigan alum who serves
as the head of ICPOC, or
the Ann Arbor Independent
Community Police Oversight
Commission, spoke to the
lack
of
awareness
about
Rosser’s killing in the Ann
Arbor community she’s seen
on the oversight board.
“You see, every time a
Black person is killed by
police and it makes national
news, we get bombarded
with emails asking, ‘Could
this happen in Ann Arbor?’”
Jackson said. “And you all
know the problem with this
right? It’s already happened
in Ann Arbor.”
Jackson
chairs
the
oversight commission, which
was formed in the wake of
Rosser’s death in an effort led
by community members and
local activists. After applying
and being appointed to the
post, Jackson found that a
major part of her role on the
body was acknowledging the
distrust and tension between
police and members of the
community.
“I know police officers,
and I understand there are
some
really
good
police
officers,” Jackson said. “I
also understand that African
Americans in this community
don’t feel like we’re treated
exactly the same. We don’t
have that expectation. And
so I know that there’s a
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Wednesday, November 11, 2020
ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM
Administration
informed
students of campus plans for
the winter semester on Nov.
6 — days after the 14-day stay-
in-place order ended and amid
the ongoing stress of the 2020
election.
In
the
announcement,
University
of
Michigan
President Mark S. Schlissel
outlined
a
plan
that
includes an increase in both
asymptomatic
testing
and
remote classes.
The
announcement
indicates that students living
in dorms will not have their
housing contracts renewed
for winter semester except
for pressing circumstances,
with dorm rooms moving to
single occupancy. All students
were encouraged to remain at
their permanent residence if
possible.
LSA
freshman
Macy
Hannan said she and some
of her friends were looking
for an off-campus apartment,
but that supply was limited.
Hannan said she felt the
University has gone “too far.”
Hannan also worried that
some of the friendships she
made this semester would be
negatively impacted by the
plan for next semester.
“Community-wise, I feel
like people will be more
isolated in their bubbles next
semester,” Hannan said. “I feel
like a lot of huge community
aspects, like the few in-person
things you’re supposed to go
to or just talking to neighbors
in the hall are going to
disappear without the dorms.
So many of your friendships
are just random ones that you
make walking to the elevator
or brushing your teeth.”
Ayden
Makar,
an
LSA
freshman
living
in
South
Quad Residence Hall, said he
hoped next semester would be
better, but he wasn’t surprised
by the University’s decision.
Makar, an in-state student,
said he will be living at
home next semester and was
worried about “FOMO” (fear
of missing out) and adjusting
to living at home after having
a taste of college. He also said
he
thought
asymptomatic
testing should have started
fall semester.
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Six years after police officer shot and killed Black resident in her home, family and activists hold vigil in her honor
Students say they feel relieved
as Joe Biden declares victory
Celebrations take place along State Street after former vice president wins
U-M’s plan for mostly
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Ann Arbor community remembers Aura Rosser
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University students and Ann Arbor residents march downtown at the vigil for Aura Rosser Sunday evening.