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.
[…] carrying out what is likely the highest number of protest-related arrests there since the Vietnam War.
That’s pretty telling of the state of things.
If you listen to Biden supporters, everything’s fine and anyone who says different lives in Russia…
What’s really disappointing is seeing Dems go down the same path republicans just ran down.
I actually don’t personally know any Biden supporters to verify that statement. I do, however, know many people who will vote for a second term of this second-quartile-ranked president rather than the bottom quartile anaerobic bacteria that we had before. Those people are very painfully aware that not much is “fine” and the US–and the rest of the worldwide governments–have a long way to go.
Most rational people realize that we don’t need a middling, above-average option as president, we need literal superheros as politicians in all seats of all branches of government. That will never happen. However, I’m one of like a thousand who vote in my local elections (not just general), which is insane considering the size of my district. It all starts small. If you want to dismantle a compromised DNC, tear it out by the roots, not the head.
I’m very glad these folks are standing up for what they think is necessary, even in the face of establishment antagonism and some unhinged cops. I hope this spreads like wildfire. We have bigger things to tackle as a species in the year 2024 than stopping sponsored genocide. The sooner we can put pressure on Israel to cease their onslaught, the better.
I actually don’t personally know any Biden supporters to verify that statement
Most people don’t know any either…
Just people who don’t want trump and Biden is the only other choice.
There’s a few out there tho
Sorry but protecting the military industrial complex’s support for apartheid and genocide is more important than your constitutional rights.
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.
Hopefully we don’t repeat anything else of Ohio universities during the Vietnam war, but I have basically zero faith in that.
You will have your tax dollars taken from you, for a maniacal government that is putting North Korea to shame.
You will not get medicare for all
You will not get help with education
You will not get help with the cost of living.
Please, do not protest. That makes us uncomfortable and we are really scared.
the military industrial complex is getting antsy and needs a new excuse to ramp up war production.
Hey, gen Z, Gen alpha, Gen beta… Millennial here.
We almost, almost fucked shit up with occupy wall st. We just… Had no direction.
Please, be more hardcore, dont just stink up parks and play frisbee. Here’s some great advice.
Learn from our mistakes. Do it better. Do it right. You know you have our support.
