Report from GWU:
There were about 200 people, 3 dozen tents, and a visible but quiet police presence at every entry point to the “encampment,” which is surrounded by metal gates. The protesters inside the gates have been there for more than 2 days, don’t have anywhere to go to the bathroom, and have no intention of leaving anytime soon. Those outside the gates can’t get in, meaning the encampment itself won’t grow although tents are popping up around it. The leaders held a press conference and said they won’t leave until their demands are met, which include the university divesting of all financial connections to what they called the “Zionist regime.” They said 9 GW students have been suspended for protesting. They said the president of the university refused to speak with them. They called for the police to leave campus. They emphasized that they believe antisemitism is wrong but anti Zionism is right. Their chants speak for themselves. If you are asking me, I don’t personally agree with what they are chanting. Specifically, I don’t think the term “genocide” is right but I do think there is lots of evidence the Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in Gaza and those alleged crimes must be investigated. But I was not there to express my views. I was there to observe and tell you my readers what I saw. I saw lots of young people who have lost all hope that the system will do anything to address their grievances or the suffering of their community members. At the same time, I saw a protest effort that is demanding things it must know it cannot achieve through these means. That tells me this is only the beginning and the goal of finding any common ground between these communities is tragically getting farther and farther from reach. |
Lol. Not a chance. By the video evidence alone, she’s guilty of at least three crimes. She’s lucky she’s connected; otherwise she’d be in her way to multiple convictions. |
Thanks for the report. This is nothing new. Saw the same thing in CA with prop 187. Once the news cycle moves on, 95% of the students will go on with their lives. |
Do you think they will just forget this….especially in the lead up to election in November? |
She was released on bond today. Charges pending. |
You’d have to assemble a jury of police officers and their immediate family members to convict that woman of anything. The only video we have is of a woman being battered by an officer whose training is an embarrassment to the agency he serves under. |
Yeah, not really. Plenty of her peers won’t be sympathetic to the entitled protest culture. |
How about this? Why don’t you try interfere with a police officer making an arrest and report and report back to us? |
No thanks. I don’t see any need to personally experience the effects of poor training to recognize it. |
On the contrary—this is clear cut from a legal perspective. Slam dunk. She might skate because she’s White and privileged. Bubba from Slidell gets convicted in this every time. |
Of course. Happens every time. Especially bc these protests involve small numbers of people. Life goes on. They’ll fade into irrelevance very shortly. |
Satisfied being a message board warrior? I’m sure that moves a needle somewhere. |
I don’t know. I don’t spend my life crying incessantly about how everyone is trying to annihilate me, so there’s fulfillment in knowing I haven’t done enough to tempt fate just yet. What about you? |
Excellent. Glad to hear this. |
The fact that these absolute morons are actually making "demands" just makes me laugh. Sure, college administrators are going to take their marching orders from a bunch of coddled, arrogant 20-somethings who are supporting terrorists. Hamas must be delighted seeing their useful idiots at "work." |