Students at City College in Harlem, NYC have their own Gaza Solidarity Encampment. CUNY cops just tried to enter the encampment but were repelled by students. Once cops scurried away defeated, students & other protesters protested “I believe that we will win!”

Lawful student protest on any The City University of New York campus should not be met with NYPD arrests, including today's demonstration at City College of NY. Administration can & must ensure students' safety and prevent harassment on campus without resorting to the forcible removal of peaceful protestors

#IU #whittenmustfall #GazaSolidarityEncampment

Fohlin’s husband, John Latting, is the Emory Dean of Admissions. This is going to be an interesting night in Emory University’s top administrative echelons.

As NYU Journalism faculty-I'm noting that:

Here is a student journalist who appears to have been pepper sprayed by the NYPD

and is NOT being cared for or protected by:

1. The NYPD
2. NYU administrators b/c they invited NYPD
3. Campus 'safety' b/c they worked w/NYPD

This year's graduating class of seniors is the same group of students that didn't have high school graduation ceremonies because of Covid.

Since Columbia had the NYPD arrest its own students last week, an increasing number of elected officials have weighed in on the situation.

City & State NY put together a comprehensive list of what NY elected officials have said: cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/…

The university’s student-run newspaper, Emory Wheel, reported that officers deployed gas into the crowd. The Atlanta Community Press Collective reported use of teargas on the crowds, in addition to stun guns & rubber bullets being deployed. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

From the country that lectures the world on freedom and press and democracy: State troopers are sent to crack down on the pro-Palestinian protests.

If these were scenes in Russia🇷🇺, China🇨🇳 or any global south country, there would immediately be calls for sanctions and regime…

Mr. Netanyahu, antisemitism is a vile and disgusting form of bigotry that has done unspeakable harm to millions.

Do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government.

leonie haimson Madina Touré Félix V. Matos Rodríguez President negotiated with the chancellor’s office and had the cops back off for now. He said no arrests.

Today’s SCOTUS argument on Trump’s criminal immunity revealed an activist conservative majority that wants to provide presidential immunity. To do so, they must get around Nixon v Fitzgerald (1982), which clearly states there is no criminal immunity for presidents. For example,…

At the CUNY Gaza Solidarity Encampment. After either security or police charged and were pushed back by students, faculty formed a picket, then some began blocking the entrance to the camp, risking arrest. Chanting “to get to our students, you’ll have to get through us” ✊✊

Solidarity with the students, educators, and community members involved in the events on UT-Austin campus yesterday. 

UT Austin AAUP Texas Conference of the AAUP

Conservative SCOTUS judges seemed to take seriously Trump atty claim that allowing criminally prosecution might hamstring Presidents in future - though it had never happened over more than 200 yrs until Trump was hit with 4 separate criminal indictments politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

What Frum omits to mention here is that the USC valedictorian, a young Muslim woman in a hijab, had her speech cancelled because, USC said, of threats from *pro-Israel* activists.

But hey, let’s not mention that, & of course no one cares about the safety of Muslims students. 🤷🏽‍♂️

New York State Budget Shortchanges Public Schools & Makes a Mockery of Foundation Aid Study by assigning it to Rockefeller Institute proponents of diverting public money to private school vouchers. edlawcenter.org/new-york-state… via Education Law Center cc Governor Kathy Hochul

Maybe you should look into this Secretary Miguel Cardona instead. Arresting faculty members not a good look.

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. Atlanta News First

The upshot of the past two days at the Supreme Court is that only Trump can perform or pay for an abortion in Idaho.