Many were surprised when author Antero Pietila – who has referenced racism unsparingly in histories of Baltimore and businessman-philanthropist Johns Hopkins – came out in favor of Johns Hopkins University’s request for a private police force.

In a post responding to his op-ed in The Brew, JHU sociology graduate student Corey R. Payne says, “With respect, Mr. Pietila is wrong.”

Pietila’s own argument, Payne says on Medium, “lays bare what the opposition to this private police proposal has been saying for over a year: This is little more than a PR stunt designed to calm the fears of a largely white and out-of-state parent, alumni, and donor network.”

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