25 arrested at University of Virginia after police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By PHILIP MARCELO and DENISE LAVOIE
Updated 8:04 PM CDT, May 4, 2024

Twenty-five people were arrested Saturday for trespassing at the University of Virginia after police clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to remove tents from campus, and demonstrators at the University of Michigan chanted anti-war messages and waved flags during commencement ceremonies.

In Virginia, student demonstrators began their protest on a lawn outside the school chapel Tuesday. On Saturday, video from WVAW-TV showed police wearing heavy gear and holding shields lined up on the campus in Charlottesville. Protesters chanted “Free Palestine,” and university police said on the social platform X that an “unlawful assembly” had been declared in the area.

As police moved in, students were pushed to the ground, pulled by their arms and sprayed with a chemical irritant, Laura Goldblatt, an assistant professor of English and global studies who has been helping student demonstrators, told The Washington Post.

“Our concern since this began has been the safety of our students. Students are not safe right now,” Goldblatt said.



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[AZLD4Candidate]

1. These people wear masks to cover their identity. The jerks at Charlottesville did. Neo-nazi in Orlando did

I'm going to say it. If you proud of what you're doing, show the world your face. anti-Vietnam war protestors did. Anti-Bush War protestors did.

Civil Rights protestors did. Women's rights protestors did. I don't remember Elizabeth Cady Stanton or Susan B. Anthony wearing masks when they were beaten by police to try to vote.

Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and King didn't. Gloria Stienem didn't. Russell Means didn't for the AIM.

Yet these people all wear masks. I wonder why these honest protestors need to do the same thing the Unite the Right and every white supremacist group does when they protest.

Not even those Black Hebrew Israelites hide their identity when they spout their racist, sexist, xenophobic bullshit.

Come on, protestors. Be proud of what you're doing. Show your faces.