The picture is interesting. That particular shade of green is the one that's usually worn (either in a vest or cap) by the legal observers for the protesters. So it looks like the cops may have arrested a legal observer ...
Well stated. It's been bothering me all of the people gate-keeping the ability to protest something that EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER is funding. On private universities.. sure I guess that's different, those students gave up their rights when they decided to go to a private uni, but public universities?
I get why universities do it, its a bad faith tactic so upper class administrators can find a reason to lick the boot and launch shock troops.
But commenters on Lemmy? I don't get it.
Student or not, they should be able to protest. But maybe there is just something I haven't thought of yet, I'm open to new opinions on this.
They are trying to conflate outsiders and outside agitators. As if every person in a city of millions of people like L.A. interested in protesting at UCLA would either be a student or an agitator.
It doesn’t make a ton of sense for non-students to protest at a university. What are impeding? Students and professors who probably already side with you from going to class?
Universities are for meeting, rallying and handing out pamphlets. Actually protesting there will have no effect on the general populace of aside from creating a very strong suspicion of straw man tactics.
Creating a “you’re either Pro Israel or Pro genocide argument” with the liberal youth is good way to get many of them to either not vote or to not vote Biden. I strongly suspect that’s what’s happening here.
At this point, I'm more curious to know how many are protesters. It seems like cops are just snatching anyone in arm's reach and charging them with crimes.
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athos77@kbin.social · 27 pts · 2y
The picture is interesting. That particular shade of green is the one that's usually worn (either in a vest or cap) by the legal observers for the protesters. So it looks like the cops may have arrested a legal observer ...
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
They don't care who you are, they arrest everyone
return2ozma@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Here's the raw video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwY8XFBe87
NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · 45 pts · 2y
They arrest journalists at the 40 minute mark. Real great look, LAPD.
Also FTA:
Disgusting abuse of power.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Back during the BLM Ferguson protests in 2014, police entered a McDonalds and began arresting photo-journalists on charges of disturbing the peace because they weren't packing their bags fast enough.
Policing in the US is an absolute farce.
IndustryStandard@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
A black man dedicating his life to filming the police. The balls on this guy.
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 2y
We can't get good copy-editors on our journalism anymore.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 2y
All the editors went woke.
2fat4that@kbin.social · -29 pts · 2y
How many are students I wonder.
Stovetop@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
stembolts@programming.dev · 20 pts · 2y
Well stated. It's been bothering me all of the people gate-keeping the ability to protest something that EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER is funding. On private universities.. sure I guess that's different, those students gave up their rights when they decided to go to a private uni, but public universities?
I get why universities do it, its a bad faith tactic so upper class administrators can find a reason to lick the boot and launch shock troops.
But commenters on Lemmy? I don't get it.
Student or not, they should be able to protest. But maybe there is just something I haven't thought of yet, I'm open to new opinions on this.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
They are trying to conflate outsiders and outside agitators. As if every person in a city of millions of people like L.A. interested in protesting at UCLA would either be a student or an agitator.
2fat4that@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
It doesn’t make a ton of sense for non-students to protest at a university. What are impeding? Students and professors who probably already side with you from going to class?
Universities are for meeting, rallying and handing out pamphlets. Actually protesting there will have no effect on the general populace of aside from creating a very strong suspicion of straw man tactics.
Creating a “you’re either Pro Israel or Pro genocide argument” with the liberal youth is good way to get many of them to either not vote or to not vote Biden. I strongly suspect that’s what’s happening here.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
At this point, I'm more curious to know how many are protesters. It seems like cops are just snatching anyone in arm's reach and charging them with crimes.