School protests against gun violence in recent years, particularly following the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida, offered a recent precedent for staging protests at schools. Any disciplinary measures for illegal activity would need to be consistent, and past disciplinary measures have been moderate, said DAVID BLOOMFIELD, a professor of education, leadership, law and policy at Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. “If the school administration didn’t punish teachers for participating in the anti-gun violence rallies, it can’t turn around and be more stringent against a pro-Palestinian demonstration,” he said. Bloomfield said it was legal for educators to encourage the day of action, but some of its activities may not be legal during work hours. Students and faculty, he said, “need to be careful that their speech doesn’t drift into hate or threats of violence.” The participation of the Community Education Council was also legal, he said. Faculty needed to focus on keeping students safe during the walkout, he said, adding that teachers who actively protested during school hours may be subject to disciplinary measures. It wasn’t clear if any public school educators participated in the protest. By Luke Tress JTA https://lnkd.in/e6EZPTgS
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A little insight into the protesting at Columbia University: Since the Vietnam War this is what Columbia students do -- about every ten to twelve years. (Well, every year students protest about one thing or another, but every twelve years or so the protests make national and international headlines.) Wanna know what the school's most "notorious" protests were over? Building a natatorium on Morningside Park, back in the 1960s. And the students were successful in preventing it from happening; Princeton ultimately ended up with the plans for the new pool. Thanks to the media, a handful of dramatic "influencers," and, no doubt, a few bad actors, the events on Columbia's campus today seem far more dire and dangerous than they actually are: The campus quad, for example, is T-I-N-Y. It has been repeatedly reported by various student journalists that only about a dozen students have been truly camping amidst the several dozen tents, which appear in many photographs as if they number in the hundreds. Close to half of the students -- whether camping or camping-lite -- are likely grad students, and I'm sure a solid third of the protesters aren't even affiliated with the university. (It sometimes can be a double-edged sword when a university's campus is urban-based.) To me, it's fairly straightforward: 1) Hate speech has no place anywhere, particularly within the hallowed halls of academia, where EVERYONE'S safety MUST remain paramount; 2) Columbia's campus is private property run by a private university funded by NOT taxes (vs., say, CUNY or SUNY), so, yeah, the protesters are totally trespassing; 3) While many of the protesters' points are valid -- read the articles I posted in the comments below -- in order for the students to attain any semblance of influence or negotiating power, they need to align themselves with established organizations that demonstrate credible commitments to their causes. Or they need to create their own. Come graduation, and so-called "autonomous groups" notwithstanding, this will become but a distant memory, yet another annotation on Wikipedia to Columbia's protesting legacy. (Only history will determine the protests' impact, if much of any.) In the meantime -- and I speak only for myself here -- GET.OFF.THE.LAWN!
Live Updates: Columbia Says Students Occupying Campus Building Could Face Expulsion
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LOL. “…egregious deployment and overreach of the police…a militarized escalation of police violence.” And this comes from the President of Vera, which gives you an indication of the ideology leading this platform. So let’s break this down, we have what can be considered insurrections and anti-America, anti-Semitic incidents happening all over college campuses and the streets of America. You have domestic terrorists, not protestors, which is funded by far left wing activists including University professors who are assaulting police officers and leading activities, and Politician’s egging on protestors, many which are menacing and threatening to jews and other students, preventing attendance at classes, commencements cancelled and chants of Death to America and then F—the police. Civil protests don't involve storming barricades, gas masks, rocks, strobe lights, shields, weapons and monuments destroyed or defaced. These are small riots. And they surely don’t involve taking people hostage.
“Armed police officers. Riot gear and billy clubs. More than 2,500 arrests across dozens of campuses around the country. Images and reporting of militarized escalation and police violence in response to student protests about Gaza are in plain sight.” Vera President Nick Turner calls on our leaders to condemn the egregious deployment and overreach of the police in response to pro-Palestinian student protests on college campuses across the United States: https://lnkd.in/efG5VZNy
Police Violence on College Campuses is Unacceptable
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"Fifty-six years ago today, hundreds of students at Columbia University in New York started a revolt on campus, occupying school buildings and disrupting class to protest the school’s ties to the Vietnam War and racism in New York. Democracy Now! co-host Juan González, who participated in the 1968 protests when hundreds of students were injured by police and arrested, speaks about the rebellion and how it compares to Columbia’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters occupying campus today. “What really strikes me about this response is the total flouting of any kind of democratic process by the current administration compared to what happened in 1968,” says González. ... JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, Amy, I think the important thing to understand is that the Columbia strike unfolded over several weeks. The first week was the week of the occupation, but because of the brutality of the attacks by the police — as you said, more than 150 people were hospitalized the night of April 30th — it led to a massive strike of the entire university. Over 10,000 students shut the university down for the rest of the semester. And I think what is really unusual about this process is that here the university moved in very quickly, and also these students were not disrupting classes. We occupied buildings. We did not allow classes to go forward in 1968. But classes were going forward. The students were camped out peacefully on the lawn. So, the disproportionate nature of the response of the university, the quickness with which it responded, without even consulting or listening to the faculty, is really astounding. And the other aspect of it is that when we were suspended — and there were many of us suspended — before we were suspended, we were allowed to appear before a tribunal to plead our cause. There was at least the rudiments of due process. Here, there is no due process. The university is already, within 24 hours, saying that the students are suspended, even though there is yet no legal proof that any of these students knowingly participated in illegal actions. So, I think that what really strikes me about this response is the total flouting of any kind of democratic process by the current administration compared to what happened in 1968. And, of course, I think the other aspect of it is we were fighting at the time against the racism of the university toward Harlem and against the Vietnam War. These students are protesting a genocide that is occurring before the eyes of the entire world and that is being funded by U.S. arms. And if anyone has the right to rebel and to stand up against injustice, these students do. And actually, I personally only wish that more students would follow their example across the country and continue to disrupt the process that is occurring right now, to at least allow the people of Palestine to understand that the American people are not united behind this genocide. ..."
Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment
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Forwarded message From: Shafiq Khan <[email protected]> Date: Wed, May 1, 2024, 12:12 AM Subject: Suo moto cognisance of case against perpetrators and collaborators of genocide of Palestinians. To: <[email protected]> Finally truth will prevail but blood of 35000 innocent and unarmed civilians of Palestine including children and women is on the heads of Jeo Biden & Antonio Guterres as main collaborators of genocide of Palestinians, Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister of Israel, Army Generals of Israel as perpetrators of genocide of Palestinians. The cognisance of the case against these criminals deserves to be taken by International Criminal Court suo moto, because of inaction of Antonio Guterres from February 2024, in relaxation of rules keeping in view the holocaust in Palestine. There is a letter addressed to Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General, written by me in February 2024 to take defined measures to stop the genocide in Palestine but he has done nothing but watched as a mute spectator the cold blooded mass murder of Palestinians besides total destruction and devastation in Gaza. Consequently the case has to considered retrospectively with effect from February 2024. The letter is available on my profile as featured post on LinkedIn. However the copy of the letter sent to Antonio Guterres in February 2024 will be sent separately. Complainant Mohammad Shafiq Khan (IFS) M.Sc.(physics) M.Sc(forestry) Retired Director, Writer, Scientist and Philosopher. Copy of the complaint may be submitted to all Honourable judges of the International Criminal Court and the Prosecutor. Additional information regarding this most important case is that the defects in the constitution of UNO as identified in my complaint which was written to the Secretary General; out of two defects one defect namely the veto power to some of the member countries was also identified by Malaysia and submitted in respect of case of South Africa. Thus my complaint has the support of a member country of UNO also. Hence my complaint and submissions of Malaysia to the ICJ need to be tied up for hearing in both the courts namely ICJ and ICC. ICJ will hear the case for legal issues whereas ICC will hear the case for the war crimes and genocide. Justice demands that the case needs to be heard retrospectively because my complaint was made in the month of February 2024 and order passed with retrospective effect. My complaint be heard after taking the suo moto cognisance of the case and accordingly some good lawyer may be engaged for the purpose by the ICJ. It needs no further clarification that all the member countries have to be under the jurisdiction of ICC compulsorily for UNO to be functional and ensuring peace in the world. Copy of the revised complaint may now be submitted to all the Honourable judges of ICJ and ICC including the prosecutor of ICC. Complainant Mohammad Shafiq Khan Srinagar, Kashmir, India.
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#NYPD have raided Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, where a number of #students protesting in solidarity with #Palestinians had barricaded themselves hours earlier. Dozens of protesters were arrested. May 1, 2024. https://lnkd.in/ejHA-xd9 ** Hundreds of #NYPD officers have entered the Columbia University campus, taking many people into custody, in the latest escalation in #Gaza protests that have swept campuses across the #UnitedStates. https://lnkd.in/eFxZzzMS After entering the site shortly after 9pm on Tuesday (01:00 GMT on Wednesday), some officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administrative building, which students began occupying early on Tuesday morning after the management said it had begun suspending students who had refused to meet a previous deadline to disperse. They had renamed the building “#Hind’s Hall”, in memory of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in February. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine said in a post on X that the police officers were “wearing riot gear” and that “multiple blocks have been barricaded off”. “Free, free, free Palestine!” chanted protesters outside the building. Others yelled, “Let the students go!” The move to clear the protest came exactly 56 years since police swept into Hamilton Hall to end a 1968 protest by students against racism and the #Vietnam War. * The protesters are calling for the university to sell off any investments linked to Israel, be transparent about its financial ties to the country, and provide amnesty from any disciplinary measures to all students participating in the rallies. Cameron Jones, a lead organizer at Columbia University for the Jewish Voice for Peace activist group, told Al Jazeera that there is a groundswell of demands for the university’s leadership to resign. He said he expected a “large, large blowback from the student body, from the faculty, from alumni” in weeks to come. “There is large support for [Columbia president] Manouche Shafik to resign … and for a whole investigation of everything that has happened in the past few weeks,” he said. “We will not stand for this violent police brutality on our campus and we will stand up for what we believe in. * “We have seen the university try again and again to silence pro-Palestine voices on campus and every time they try to silence us, we only get louder. We only bring larger numbers to our rallies, larger numbers to our protests.” #ColumbiaUniversity #HamiltonHall #studentpower #CampusProtests #GazaGenocide #PalestineSolidarityProtests #GazaSolidarityProtests #GazaSolidarityEncampment #WarOnGaza #StopTheGenocide #NYPD #GazaEncampment
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Protests Have Spread To 20 Campuses, As SCN Urges Schools To Implement & Enforce No-Tent, No-Encampment Policies CHICAGO, IL — As protests calling for terrorism and violence against Jews spread on campuses across the country, the Secure Community Network (SCN), the official safety and security organization of the Jewish community in North America, is closely monitoring safety and security conditions for potential escalation and impact to Jewish students and faculty/staff. On several campuses, various protesters have been documented chanting “Burn Tel Aviv to the ground,” “Go Hamas, we love you. We support your rockets too,” “Go back to Poland,” and slogans associated with Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. There have also been reports of assaults directed at both Jewish students and law enforcement by protesters. “Jewish students have the right to feel safe and welcome on their college campuses, and universities have an obligation to ensure this. Despite this, we have witnessed an alarming rise in violent pro-terroristic rhetoric. This has created an unacceptable, hostile environment for our students, robbing them of that basic sense of safety, and gutting the idea of these institutions as places of healthy debate and dialogue” said SCN National Director & CEO Michael Masters. “Schools must restore calm and order. The best way to do this is to enact and enforce strict anti-tent, anti-encampment policies, and have zero tolerance for assaults on either students or police. Schools must also ensure collaboration with law enforcement and students to create an environment of safety. Failure to enforce these rules will lead to escalating protests. Universities must act if they don’t want matters to get out of hand.” As of this time, there are at least 20 campuses where significant protests are reported to be underway: Barnard College California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt Columbia University Emerson College Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) New York University Rice University Swarthmore College The New School Tufts University University of California – Berkeley University of Michigan – Ann Arbor University of Minnesota – Twin Cities University of New Mexico University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill University of North Carolina – Charlotte University of Rochester Vanderbilt University Washington University in St. Louis Yale University
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the Zaionist lobby in USA is pathetic as they pay both police and the pro Israël prtestors who are not even students and they don't have the right legaly to inter the university campus, to attach the university students protesting for palestine. then they try to publish in their own media that the pro palestine students are getting paid, but they failed to answer our question who is paying those students as Palestinians are poor and have no money to pay those students and Palestinians do not have IPAC or any another lobby in the USA to do so. so who is paying those students to protest for palestine??? another question that IPAC may have an answer to it, who is paying pro Israël genocide and war crimes protestors to attack university students while the pro Israël Re not students and legal have no right to inter the campus and put in danger students life's. pathetic zaionists and IPAC, it's no more easy to play those games with the new generation ad they are way smarter than us and you.
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#NYPD have raided Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, where a number of #students protesting in solidarity with #Palestinians had barricaded themselves hours earlier. Dozens of protesters were arrested. May 1, 2024. https://lnkd.in/ejHA-xd9 ** Hundreds of #NYPD officers have entered the Columbia University campus, taking many people into custody, in the latest escalation in #Gaza protests that have swept campuses across the #UnitedStates. https://lnkd.in/eFxZzzMS After entering the site shortly after 9pm on Tuesday (01:00 GMT on Wednesday), some officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administrative building, which students began occupying early on Tuesday morning after the management said it had begun suspending students who had refused to meet a previous deadline to disperse. They had renamed the building “#Hind’s Hall”, in memory of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab who was killed in Gaza in February. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine said in a post on X that the police officers were “wearing riot gear” and that “multiple blocks have been barricaded off”. “Free, free, free Palestine!” chanted protesters outside the building. Others yelled, “Let the students go!” The move to clear the protest came exactly 56 years since police swept into Hamilton Hall to end a 1968 protest by students against racism and the #Vietnam War. * The protesters are calling for the university to sell off any investments linked to Israel, be transparent about its financial ties to the country, and provide amnesty from any disciplinary measures to all students participating in the rallies. Cameron Jones, a lead organizer at Columbia University for the Jewish Voice for Peace activist group, told Al Jazeera that there is a groundswell of demands for the university’s leadership to resign. He said he expected a “large, large blowback from the student body, from the faculty, from alumni” in weeks to come. “There is large support for [Columbia president] Manouche Shafik to resign … and for a whole investigation of everything that has happened in the past few weeks,” he said. “We will not stand for this violent police brutality on our campus and we will stand up for what we believe in. * “We have seen the university try again and again to silence pro-Palestine voices on campus and every time they try to silence us, we only get louder. We only bring larger numbers to our rallies, larger numbers to our protests.” #ColumbiaUniversity #HamiltonHall #studentpower #CampusProtests #GazaGenocide #PalestineSolidarityProtests #GazaSolidarityProtests #GazaSolidarityEncampment #WarOnGaza #StopTheGenocide #NYPD #GazaEncampment
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https://lnkd.in/emVtTQvj I deeply believe in a students right (and at times need) to protest. Historically, student activism and protest has had a major impact on our institutions and culture. As an administrator, regardless of if I agree with what the protest is over, I see my role to ensure my students have access/ know how to do so safely and respectfully so they can make informed decisions. I see my role to ensure they know of many strategies to advocate beyond protest. I see my role to challenge and support them as they find their voices and raise them. I see my role to protect free speech, so that the voices of change I believe in won’t be silenced. I’m not afraid of students choosing to protest as their method of advocacy; I’ve honestly often been impressed by it when I’ve witnessed it first hand. On a personal note, I’m often able to separate my personal beliefs amid my work and focus on ensuring the care and safety of the larger community, because I have an overall value of maintaining an environment of discourse. Reading what’s happening at Columbia, it’s probably a risk to say as a professional, but I’m conflicted. I don’t like to judge the response of other institutions, because I know too well that there is so much unseen. However, at what I see in this, I don’t know if I’d be able to show up if I was asked to manage something in this way. This in itself goes against a lot of why I’m in this work. This along with ridiculous pledges to crack down on protests tied to the war in Gaza, I’m disappointed, heartbroken, concerned, and just…unnerved about this. I worry about the precedent this will send, and what is to come.
Over 100 Arrested at Columbia After Pro-Palestinian Protest
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮 𝗱𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. Assaulting peaceful protesters is often employed as a tactic to heighten tensions, leading to increased police presence or undermining the legitimacy of a protest's message. This strategy was used during the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests, the 2022 Sri Lankan anti-government protests, and, unfortunately, has now occurred at UCLA in the USA. https://lnkd.in/g55RJxmF #UCLA
UCLA cancels classes after counterprotesters violently attack pro-Palestinian camp
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Mob rule has no place in NYC. In the past 3 days, Pro-Palestinian mobs have disrupted the Thanksgiving Day Parade, trashed the New York Public Library, smashed the windows of a kosher restaurant, and forced the closure of the American Museum of Natural History on families and holiday visitors. Over the past month, Pro-Palestinian mobs have attacked Grand Central Station, ripped down American flags, clashed with the NYPD, and attempted to intimidate neigborhoods and campuses around the city. Enough is enough. It’s time for some answers: 1) Do these mobs have permits? 2) Do their permits include marching in the street to “shut it down” as they were heard chanting yesterday? 3) Are these permits available for review? When were they filed? 4) What is the law regarding protestors using bikes to close streets and obstruct vehicular traffic as they’ve been observed doing throughout the city? 5) What directions have NYPD been given regarding enforcing laws relevant to all the above? 6) Who in government is giving those directions to the NYPD? We all support the constitutional right to engage in peaceful protest activity on public sidewalks and streets, and in public parks. At the same time, the City imposes restrictions, and in instances like this requires a permit, to ensure that demonstrations maintain order, do not have a negative impact on neighborhoods, and keep people from harm. Are those requirements being followed? Most New Yorkers would say they’re not. New York City’s leaders should answer these questions because New Yorkers are against mob rule.
Pro-Palestinian protesters drag burning Israeli flag down NYC street as they warn supporters days are ‘numbered’
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