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Pro-Hamas protests have escalated across college campuses in the United States; at UT at Austin 100s of state troopers immediately descend, make dozens of arrests
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…in support of the Palestinian cause.

American security forces now confront protestors.

As usual, Netanyahu likened US campus encampments by ‘antisemitic mobs’ to 1930s "Nazi Germany".

Courtesy of Skidmark:
Don't mess with Texas! Troopers in helmets swoop on Palestine protesters as anti-Israel contagion rips across the US from Columbia to Harvard - and now the South
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Police arrested four protesters after warning them they could face criminal charges if they did not disperse

  • The rally at the Austin campus was organized by the university's Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSJ) chapter

  • It comes as standoffs with cops kicked off at universities across the country on another day of mayhem in US

Hundreds of troopers have marched on the University of Texas at Austin before scuffling with pro-Palestine protesters as demonstrations kicked off at campuses across the country.

Police arrested at least four activists - who burst out in tears when they were handcuffed - after warning them they could face criminal charges if they did not disperse.

The rally at the Austin campus was organized by the university's Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSJ) chapter and quickly descended into anarchy.

The group said it was inspired by their 'comrades' at Yale and Columbia University, where in-person classes have been canceled due to the unrest sparked by 'encampments for Gaza.'

It comes as pro-Gaza groups took to universities across the US and clashed with police and Jewish counter-protesters, with furious demonstrators spotted at USC, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Brown and NYU.

Courtesy of Elmaper+McGurque1612, the NY Post has even more on the UT at Austin Texas state troopers action, including more photos and video.
And in a post-midnight update from UPI:
Dozens of demonstrators participating in pro-Paleostine protests at university campuses throughout the country were arrested Wednesday evening, as schools struggle to contain growing anger over the Israel-Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
 war.

At least 34 arrests were made as of 9 p.m. local time at the University of Texas, Austin campus, while an unconfirmed number of arrests were made during a protest at the University of Southern Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, in Los Angeles.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said in a statement that the arrests were made at the request for assistance by UT and at the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott
... governor of Texas. Abbott is a Republican. His 2014 Dem opponent, state senatrix Wendy Davis, thought the absolute, most pressing, most important issue facing the state was abortion. Abbott beat the pantyhose off her. His 2018 opponent, Lupe Valdez didn't dwell too heavily on abortion, but she lost too...
, stating it was to prevent unlawful assembly and in support of UT police in maintain the pace.

"These protesters belong in jail," Abbott said on X. "Anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period. Students joining the hate-filled, anti-Semitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled."

Posted by: Fred 2024-04-25
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