When Academic “Leaders” Direct Police to Put Down Student Demonstrations
When University Leaders Order Police to Crush Student Protests
As a professor, I find it offensive when academic officials use the justification of deploying law enforcement to forcibly remove students from university-owned land, including lawns.
Journalists at The Washington Post just confirmed what many people either knew or suspected. Donors from the wealthiest 1% of society exerted pressure on political figures and university officials to quell nonviolent student protests with the use of force, including the police. In order to achieve an instant truce in Gaza, the students demanded a shift in American and Israeli policy. More and more academics are participating in the student demonstrations. The same "authorities" have also unfairly prosecuted them.
Naturally, American polic...
