A group of Wesleyan University students is demanding the school newspaper be defunded after it published an opinion piece arguing that the Black Lives Matter movement is unfairly denigrating all police officers. The protesters are calling for defunding The Argus if various conditions are not met, including dedicating space on the front page of every issue for "marginalized groups/voices."
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