PSLM members say their tactics were directed against the administration, not HUPD.
"None of these have been actions against HUPD and to subvert HUPD," Offner says. "These actions are aimed at administrators."
But administrators say the actions have primarily affected office workers.
"If somebody comes in and is disruptive and yelling and rattling doors, it's disruptive to the people who work," says Jacqueline A. O'Neil, Mass Hall staff director.
Riley says he is especially worried about clerical workers who are often the first to confront activists in unannounced demonstrations.
"Their anxiety level is really up," he says. "Many of them consider it an invasion of space."
But HUPD officers often intervene on behalf of students in such situations, urging staff members to allow the students to demonstrate and not to retaliate.
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