Thank you for your input. I will start by saying while your intentions, and the intentions of the #realUW movement are good, the methods that #therealUW uses to forward it's goals are harmful to both their movement and the university as a whole. Furthermore the actions taken by the UWPD are more than justified and in the broader context of policing in the United States Madison departments are known for being progressive. Allow me to address some of the points you've made.
Some students felt these issues (while dealt with privately) were enough to show a campus mindset of racial intolerance and hatred at worst, ignorance at best.
While the actions of some are disgusting, they are not representative of the whole. the vast majority of students are respectful and conscious of their peers. This is important because it fosters a collaborative and positive learning environment. Miss-characterizing an entire student body as racist is counter-intuitive because it vilifies the very people who's trust and support you want to gain. It sets a precedent for making broad assumptions with little evidence and can lead to the following faulty arguments:
LE had been trying to contact him for several weeks, this argument is used to excuse them going to a scheduled class, but I think that going to his home would be much more professional.
First a classroom is a public space and it would make no difference legally where you are arrested (which happened outside keep in mind). Beyond that you suggest that they made no attempt to contact the student at home. Do you have evidence to back this up? If you don't then learn from this experience and don't make assumptions again because someone might have proof that you are wrong (like me) http://uwpd.wisc.edu/news/statement-from-chief-riseling-regarding-graffiti-arrest/. In the police report the Chief states "UWPD police officers had been attempting to contact the student for the last two weeks for questioning – knocks on doors and phone calls went unanswered." They did go to his house and he ignored them, the statement implies this happened more than once. Faced with few other options police had to address the student in a classroom. that brings us to the next point.
This was not a good class to target. This class was on the topic of the relationship between blacks and police in contemporary times. Literally. Even if you are going to go to his class, you should probably have picked a better one.
What difference does it make? They knew he would be there and needed to act. What he did was wrong and ignoring it would mean the buildings around campus would become free game for graffiti. There are consequences for his actions that he was aware of, now he will have to face them, there's nothing racist about that.
Why was no effort made to contact the university about interrupting class?
Do you have any evidence to back this up? If you do I'd like to see it, otherwise I encourage you again not to make such broad assumptions. They weaken your already inadequate argument.
including why it appears LE is so willing to disrupt classes to arrest this man but has made no progress on the recent gang rape near Memorial Union
It took six months to investigate someone with a can of paint vandalizing buildings. Do you think that there isn't an ongoing investigation into the rape case? Does your misplaced passion for this topic make you blind to the fact that departments are capable of investigating multiple crimes at once? This point is stupid and you should find something better to argue with.
Or why this resulted in an arrest but the aforementioned instances of hate were only met with minor discipline
This point I mostly agree with. People should be disciplined accordingly, which means those who spread hate should be expelled and those who vandalize and threaten the lives of others should also be expelled.
To tell us a palpable flaw of campus beliefs and systems is currently in place.
And yet I haven't heard you make a single argument that supports this "system". I've seen a couple of isolated incidents and a kid with a spray can. There's little to change, trying to force change will only harm our school and that is good for nobody. Mizzou saw their enrollment drop by 25% and experienced major budget cuts as a result of their "changes". Do you want to see UW face the same fate, especially after our boneheaded governor cut hundreds of millions of dollars for the system? I think you should look more deeply into the root of your anger and try to see if it is misplaced. I do encourage you however to continue this dialogue. One thing I noticed about your write-up is that on the whole it was respectful. Disagree with someone but have the patience to listen. So many of the protesters today lack that ability it seems and while there may or may not be a large problem with racism on campus there is plenty of intolerance to go around in the community. It is wrong and it needs to change, this will only happen with dialogue though, and shouting over your opponents doesn't constitute as dialogue.