More than 100 protesters were arrested — yet few injuries reported — when NYPD officers in riot gear descended on Columbia University late Tuesday, using tactical strategies to clear the occupied Hamilton Hall and lawn encampment at the request of the college, as anti-war demonstrations at U.S. campuses reached an inflection point. Dramatic video showed heavily geared officers using a…
  • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
    1913·
    6 months ago

    You cannot stand for American values and cheer that a peaceful protest was dismantled by government goons.

    Lol

    • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
      61·
      6 months ago

      Lul indeed. I wonder what would be the result if someone asked the world what ‘American values’ are …

      … or if we asked historians.