A crowd of janitors who clean Georgetown’s buildings attempted to enter the ACBP meeting to present their demands to the committee that has a tremendous power over their working conditions. Currently the workers have no representation on the committee and found it the best way to express their grievances. But when they attempted to attend the meeting, the Department of Public Safety (DOPS) was ordered to provide strong resistance to the workers; about 20 DOPS officers blocked the entrance to New South, the site of the meeting.

Student members of GSC tried to make way for the workers. A GSC member attempted to get past DOPS into the building, but a DOPS officer forcefully prevented him from entering. The GSC member fervently struggled with the DOPS officers until five officers finally restrained him to the ground. #file_2# Other students struggled to get in and were also restrained by DOPS. Two of the students were bloodied.

Meanwhile, other students held signs and chanted loudly in solidarity holding down the nearby intersection.