Authorities move to break up encampments at two more US universities on Monday, as Columbia University cancels in-person classes

Authorities move to break up encampments at two more US universities on Monday, as Columbia University cancels in-person classes

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    • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
      302·
      2 months ago

      They weren’t arrested for protesting, heavens no. They were arrested for some nebulous but definitely illegal thing that will retroactively be written on the arrest report just as soon as the cops finish searching their house.

        • BrikoXOPMEnglish
          4·
          2 months ago

          I won’t argue with the article, it was the first result that showed up in search, but the consequences are the same. SCOTUS refused to hear the case, so now the lower court’s ruling stands.

          And while it doesn’t directly ban mass protesting, it does that effectively. If you as an organizer are financially responsible for every single person that attends your protest, invited or not, it’s a death sentence to mass protesting.

    • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
      124·
      2 months ago

      A New York police spokesperson said arrests were made after the university asked police to enforce trespassing violations but the total number of arrests and citations would remain unknown until much later.

      Nope, but you also don’t have a right to protest on private property.

        • DoomBot5@lemmy.worldEnglish
          24·
          2 months ago

          Alright, tell me which ones from the ones mentioned aren’t private property, then we can start the discussion from there.

    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
      71·
      2 months ago

      Not officially but authoritarian politicians from both major parties (though mostly the fascist one) have passed a bunch of bullshit “public order” laws that basically have that result.

      Some of them even classify protesting as terrorism and/or legalize murdering protesters with your car like in Charlottesville!

      Plus cops are always looking for an excuse to arrest and assault protesters, of course.

    • jkrtn@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 months ago

      Depends on what you’re protesting. If you’re against black people being murdered for no reason you might get the shit kicked out of you by government employees. If you’re against wearing a 1-ply cotton cloth to buy seeds in Home Depot that’s fine (and you’re allowed to block traffic for that).