From NY Post: Brown University has been brushing off security issues for years — ignoring warnings from students, staff and even police, The Post has learned.
The revelation comes after two students were killed and nine others hurt in a mass shooting at the Ivy League school that has seen critics slam the institution for prioritizing image over safety.
The engineering building where the shooting took place didn’t have a swipe-card mechanism and could be accessed by anyone through the public-facing coffee shop, students said. It didn’t have security officer posted at the front either, like some other buildings do, school officials have said.
On the day of the shooting, there was a 17-minute gap between the 911 call and the university sending out its first alert to students, according to a timeline published in the student newspaper.
The report details incidents of a lax attitude from the school.
“Officers of this department, myself included, worry that Brown’s desire to protect its reputation, at all costs, leads to a willingness to gamble with our lives,” Michael Greco, a 17-year school safety officer at Brown, wrote in an email to the administration
People are celebrating a homeless man turned hero for helping the police track down the Brown University shooter, but @JesseBWatters says the hero’s actions lead to more questions about the University’s absurd negligence…
“Does Brown University know there’s a homeless guy… pic.twitter.com/faqN7YYmHr
— The Five (@TheFive) December 19, 2025
Brown University opted to funnel millions of their endowment to DEI programs over the safety of their students.
President Christina Paxton needs to resign for her lack of responsibility towards the students resulting in 2 innocent young people dead.— RoxieRoller (@RoxieRolle83273) December 19, 2025
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