Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building
Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building
Students barricaded the entrances and unfurled a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide. The school promised they would face expulsion.
The occupation at Columbia — where protesters shrugged off an ultimatum to abandon a tent encampment Monday or be suspended — unfolded as other universities stepped up efforts to clear out encampments. Police swept through some campuses, spurring confrontations with protesters and plenty of arrests. In rarer instances, university officials and protest leaders have struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life.
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If you believe that police corruption and emboldenment has remained the same for the last sixty years, you have some reading to do.
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You responded to my comment regarding increased police state with an historical act of police violence. Sure, there was always corruption. I’m suggesting it’s now the standard, not the exception.
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That was the implication of your link and message in that context.
Your original comment in response to the 1968 Vietnam protests stated "before we got all police-statey", which any reasonable reading would see it as implying we were not police-statey in 1968 and became so later. Dude posts about Kent State which happened in 1970 to show what makes them believe we were already police-statey around that time. How you manage to read that as saying things haven't gotten worse since 1970 is beyond me.
Edit: I'm not here to debate the definition of police state or whether we are one, I'm here to point out what is and isn't there in the actual comments
I appreciate the comment. I don’t understand the hostility.
You’re exhausting. Take care
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Conversation never changed. I apologize for edits. Again nothing was changed to redirect the narrative. You also edited all of your comments.
I’ve had this account for almost a year.
All I did was post a historic event that things were in fact difficult back then. Kids were getting shot and killed. It’s always been rough.
We are on the same side, but you have so much anger in you, you turned it into all of this.
I wish you the best.
I edited when I saw your comments were different, so my replies didn’t make sense in context.
Didn’t want to edit my comment because of how desperate you are to be “right”. So I’ll add it here.
In all seriousness though. You know what you did. You know how disingenuous you’ve been. You attacked me personally and gaslighted. All because I suggested maybe things have been pretty bad for college protestors for longer than you suggested.