Protests at Universities across the fruited plain

[raison de arizona]

Well this hardly seems fair. Why the subterfuge? Why not just say YOU'RE FIRED?

Y’all. This is the notice of suspension that one of the UGA students received. I have redacted their name. But take a note of the timestamp. Email sent at 5:09 PM, they have to contact her office by 5:10 PM, or else they are suspended at 5:11 PM. You can’t make this up.

[raison de arizona]

[Kendra]

CNN reporting a heightened police presence, and that Mayor Adams asked student parents to call their kids and ask them to get out before whatever is going to go down goes down. Paraphrasing, since I'm eating dinner and too lazy to look for a link

[raison de arizona]

It's going to be ugly.

#BREAKING HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE with cops with bats and helmets outside of Columbia University. Streets around it are now FROZEN ZONES. Speculation that raid is imminent.

[pipistrelle]

Well, that’s sure going to be a recruitment ad.

[raison de arizona]

The University of South Florida looks like a war zone.

#BREAKING: Florida law enforcement who are in riot gear are deploying multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters at the University of South Florida

#Tampa | #Florida

Currently, numerous Florida law enforcement officers equipped in riot gear at the University of South Florida in Tampa are deploying multiple rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets towards a group of pro-Palestinian protesters, minutes after instructing them to leave the area and declaring an unlawful assembly. Reports indicate that dozens of students were seen using umbrellas as shields on the Tampa campus as they stood in a circle with their arms locked; the majority of the students ran off, but several arrests have also been made

#UPDATE: Additional footage shows a bird eyes view as aerial video taken by WFLA News Helicopter, revealing multiple rounds of tear gas being deployed at the University of South Florida in Tampa as protesters and students fled the scene

[raison de arizona]

#BREAKING Protesters announce "From the walls to the gate, IT IS TIME TO ESCALATE! Here at City College of New York" as they rush the police line outside CUNY Encampment.

Video by Kevin RC Wilson Desk@freedomnews.tv to license

[raison de arizona]

NOW: The situation at CCNY has rapidly spiraled out of control

Protesters tried to break through the barricades which led to absolute chaos breaking out

People thrown to the ground and journalists (including me) were hit and shoved by officers in the melee

[raison de arizona]

UNC.

Protests at UNC turning violent. Police rush quad in front of Wilson Library to replace a Palestinian flag demonstrators had put up in place of American one. Several students throw filled water bottles at law enforcement, incl. at Police Chief Brian James.

[raison de arizona]

Re-upping this notable news from last night: The Louisa County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted unanimously to defund Piedmont Virginia Community College, pointing to the college’s decision to allow a student group, Students for Justice in Palestine, to show a film on campus.

[raison de arizona]

Columbia faculty statement.

[raison de arizona]

Columbia students ordered to shelter in place. Faculty and journalists locked out. NYPD is about to crack some heads.

[raison de arizona]

Pretty remarkable: CNN reporter @juliavargasj is live ON CAMPUS as the NYPD gathers outside Columbia University. "I could only get in because I'm a student," she notes, because she's also a grad student at @columbiajourn

[pipistrelle]

Anyone who’s following this more closely than I can: Has the “leadership” of any of these schools showed their faces to help de-escalate? Or stayed holed up in their ivory towers?

[raison de arizona]

#NYC MASS ARRESTS at CUNY City College after protesters push the police line and allegedly storm a building by the 'Liberated Zone' encampment.

Video by Kevin RC Wilson Desk@freedomnews.tv to license

[raison de arizona]

https://x.com/AOC/status/1785476041089188198

If any kid is hurt tonight, responsibility will fall on the mayor and univ presidents.

Other leaders and schools have found a safe, de-escalatory path. This is the opposite of leadership and endangers public safety. A nightmare in the making.

I urge the Mayor to reverse course.

NEW - @NYCMayor says Columbia protest has been "co-opted" and is going to share their intel, he says at 1 Police Plaza. He advises students involved in the protest to leave the area and tells parents to tell their kids to leave "before the situation escalates."

[raison de arizona]

An MRAP? Really?

Outside Columbia University now on 125th and Amsterdam. NYPD MRAP armored vehicle loaded with officers. A huge trail of NYPD vehicles following behind.

[Dave from down under]

When you have a HUGE HAMMER the solution to everything is to use it.

[Dave from down under]

Those protesters must be very scary…
Which is why Anders will support them being shot.
Because using a gun takes away every fear.

[W. Kevin Vicklund]

At the current rate of escalation, the first student death will occur this weekend.

[Dave from down under]

[much ado]

At the current rate of escalation, the first student death will occur this weekend.

The Kent State shootings took place May 4, 1970, This Saturday will be May 4.

Kent State shootings

[pipistrelle]

An MRAP? Really?
Outside Columbia University now on 125th and Amsterdam. NYPD MRAP armored vehicle loaded with officers. A huge trail of NYPD vehicles following behind.

That's going to go over great with parents, alumni, and potential donors.

Someone said the current prez has ruined the brand of the old alma mater.

[andersweinstein]

Those protesters must be very scary…
Which is why Anders will support them being shot.
Because using a gun takes away every fear.

That's a very unfair personal attack, unrelated to anything I believe.

[Dave from down under]

Your posts says otherwise