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Former President Trump posted a campaign ad on his Truth Social site praising various counter protesters on college campuses, including students who held up the U.S. flag. “While campuses struggle to get control of their students, at UNC Chapel Hill, they are bringing order back,” the video begins. The ad shows clips of pro-Palestinian students […]
12:03 a.m. ET, May 4, 2024 Columbia University president says she will work every day to rebuild after 2 difficult weeks From CNN’s Michelle Watson and Gloria Pazmino Columbia University President Minouche Shafik prepares to testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee during a hearing on Columbia University’s response to antisemitism in Washington, DC, on […]
It all happened swiftly towards the end, most of the encampment is now dismantled, and the last few protesters from inside are being detained and led away. There continues to be a demonstration on one side, with . . .
By Bernd Debusmann Jr in New York & Emma Vardy in Los Angeles BBC News 27 April 2024, 09:04 BST Updated 7 minutes ago Image caption, Protests have spread across campuses at US universities At dawn on Wednesday 17 April, a small group of students pitched their tents at Columbia University, demonstrating against Israeli military […]
By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News 18 April 2024 Updated 5 hours ago To play this content, please enable JavaScript, or try a different browser Video caption, Watch: NY police arrest dozens at US college Gaza protest More than 100 students have been arrested after police cleared a camp of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University […]
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to be sued by a Louisiana police officer injured during a protest in 2016 in a case that could make it riskier to engage in public demonstrations, a hallmark of American democracy. In declining to hear DeRay Mckesson’s appeal, the justices left in […]
The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a mass protest in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.
The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2023 rejected Mckesson’s defense that his rights to free speech and assembly under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment protect him from the negligence claim. Mckesson was represented by lawyers including from the American Civil Liberties Union. The Baton Rouge protest was one of numerous demonstrations […]
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Black Lives Matter activist to be sued by a Louisiana police officer injured during a protest in 2016 in a case that could make it riskier to engage in public demonstrations, a hallmark of American democracy. In declining to hear DeRay Mckesson’s […]
For the increasingly tense U.S.-Israel relationship, the fallout from passage of the U.N. cease-fire resolution was immediate, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that he would not send a planned high-level delegation to Washington for meetings with U.S. officials. President Biden had requested the meetings to discuss alternatives to a planned Israeli offensive into […]