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... than 1,200 arrests in the past two weeks alone. Confrontations with law enforcement unfolded at other schools today. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, police worked to remove tents and made at least a dozen arrests. In New Orleans, police arrested six people at Tulane University. Seven others were ...
... these protests may move somewhere, but a lot depends on what happens in Gaza. Amna Nawaz: That is Ed Davis, former commissioner of the Boston Police Department, and Frederick Lawrence from Georgetown University Law Center, former president of Brandeis University. Thank you, gentlemen, to you both. We appreciate your time ...
... of the protests, some of whom are Jewish, say it is a peaceful movement aimed at defending Palestinian rights and protesting the war. Columbia's police action happened on the 56th anniversary of a similar move to quash an occupation of Hamilton Hall by students protesting racism and the Vietnam ...
... will remain in Hamilton Hall until the university agrees to three demands — divestment, financial transparency and amnesty. Students had defiantly set up tents again after police cleared an encampment at the university on April 18 and arrested more than 100 people. The students had been protesting on the Manhattan campus ...
... and two-story, brick homes and small trimmed lawns, is very safe, said Alex Rivera, who lives on a street nearby. "I see, like, 50 police cars zooming in, and then I hear gunshots," he said on the front porch of the house he shares with his cousin. "I was ...
... become a “potential magnet for disruptive outside protesters” and was taking hundreds of staff hours to keep safe. Indiana Indiana University campus officers and state police arrested 23 people Saturday at an encampment on the school’s Bloomington campus. Tents and canopies were erected Friday in violation of school policy ...
WATCH: Colleges struggle with allowing protests and preventing antisemitism and intimidation Dane Urquhart, a third-year Texas student, called the police presence and arrests an "overreaction," adding that the protest "would have stayed peaceful" if the officers had not turned out in force. "Because of all the arrests, I think ...
Texas police and public safety officials did not immediately confirm the number of people arrested. Police first tried to clear the encampment at Columbia last week, when they arrested more than 100 protesters. But the move backfired, acting as an inspiration for other students across the country to set up ...
... the Legislature to focus on real issues impacting Kansans,” Kelly said in her veto message on the second bill. The veto of the bill on police dogs was perhaps Kelly's most surprising action. Increased penalties have had bipartisan support across the U.S., and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis this ...
The man who set himself on fire across the street from the courthouse where Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place is in critical condition in a burn unit, police said Friday. Watch the New York police briefing in the video player above. The man first walked into ...
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