Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA
Violence broke out between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters, and police in riot gear arrived but did not immediately intervene.
NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion, with police carrying riot shields bursting into a building that protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests. On the other side of the country, clashes broke out early Wednesday between dueling groups at the University of California, Los Angeles.
New York City officers entered Columbia’s campus late Tuesday after the university requested help, according to a statement released by a spokesperson. A tent encampment on the school’s grounds was cleared, along with Hamilton Hall where a stream of officers used a ladder to climb through a second-floor window.
Meanwhile, violence broke out at UCLA overnight between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters. Police wearing face shields formed a line but did not immediately intervene.
The clashes took place just outside a tent encampment, where pro-Palestinian protesters erected barricades and plywood for protection — and counter-protesters tried to pull them down.
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police burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over
Really? The protesters should have brought a bunch of guns. Then the cops would have brought them pizza and eventually let them go free.
Unironically, yes. These peaceful protests will probably not achieve any material change.
Unironically, yes. These peaceful protests will probably not achieve any material change.
have they ever?
For less controversial things it can work. But also "peaceful" is a really weird term for protests. Blocking and barricading increasingly important infrastructure is still technically peaceful, but it will definitely have an effect if you keep it up long enough.
Not really, at least not unless there’s a contingent of protestors who are willing to utilize a diversity of action in tandem with the nonviolent protestors. This contingent existed alongside MLK, Ghandi, etc., pretty much every example held up as a successful “nonviolent” protest.
There's a reason the Black Panthers were armed when they distributed free food to poor black children.