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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio State University police and the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested about three dozen people Thursday night for staging a pro-Palestine encampment on campus – carrying out what is likely the highest number of protest-related arrests there since the Vietnam War.

After hours of peaceful protest on the South Oval behind the Ohio Union, dozens of officers clad in riot gear descended on the crowd, handcuffing protesters and carrying them to Franklin County sheriff’s buses parked nearby. Several protesters were arrested earlier in the day for pitching tents on campus, but police watched for hours – occasionally issuing threats of arrest – when hundreds of protesters returned in the evening.

  • Flying SquidMEnglish
    10•7 months ago

    Yep, they also had 3 more people arrested than at OSU and in a place that has been traditionally the center of political protest at IU, a place where protest has always been allowed in the past. There was a rule change just before the protest so they could justify arresting the students.

    This is the infuriating part though: I was born in Bloomington, I went to IU many years ago, I have still friends, in-laws and my mother in Bloomington, friends who work at IU and even a friend in IU grad school. And almost none of them are talking about it! The friend in grad school is the only one I’ve seen post anything about it on social media! What the fuck?

    • @PriorityMotifEnglish
      4•7 months ago

      They’re afraid of retaliation. I saw an article about the UIUC protests with a really strange blurb from a campus rabi/faculty. It seemed very inappropriate for him to be so involved and even giddy about the protests being messed with.

      Rabbi Dovid Tiechtel of Illini Chabad also released a statement in response to this week’s events. He said that yesterday he engaged in “fruitful discussions” with the UIPD, university system president, UIUC Chancellor and senior administrators, where the officials underscored their commitment to upholding safety measures on campus.

      He added that the university has implemented additional security measures such as heightened patrols.

      “I have been in constant communication with law enforcement and administrators since the early hours. Their prompt and proactive response has led to the successful clearance of all tents and cessation of the encampment. Keeping our campus a safe place for all,” Rabbi Tiechtel said regarding the encampment Friday morning.

      www.wcia.com/news/local-news/pro-palestinian-protestors-rally-again-at-uiuc