Atlanta Police Violently Arrest Emory Students & Faculty to Clear Gaza Solidarity Encampment
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Published 2024-04-26
As a wave of student protests against Israel’s war on Gaza continues to spread from coast to coast, schools and law enforcement have responded with increasing brutality to campus encampments. One of the most violent police crackdowns took place at Emory University in Atlanta on Thursday, when local and state police swept onto the campus just hours after students had set up tents on the quad in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza as well as the planned police training center known as Cop City. Police used tear gas and stun guns to break up the encampment as they wrestled people to the ground, and are accused of using rubber bullets. Among those arrested were a few faculty members. We hear from two of the arrested professors: Noëlle McAfee, chair of the philosophy department, and Emil’ Keme, professor of English and Indigenous studies. We also speak with Palestinian American organizer and medical student Umaymah Mohammad, who describes how Emory has repeatedly suppressed activism on campus since the start of the war in October, and says law enforcement in Georgia work closely with Israeli authorities as part of a police training exchange. “We no longer accept our tuition dollars and our tax money going to fund an active genocide,” she says.
Transcript: www.democracynow.org/2024/4/26/emory_protests
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All Comments (21)
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Stpp censoring our fricking comments YouTube!!!
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We are not a democracy we are a Constitutional Republic 🇺🇸
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All these arrests and none will be charged. Ridiculous.
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The right thing to do is quit your job if you don't like it, not to teach students to illegally take over your place of employment.
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I used to live in America. I'm a born citizen, too. And a US veteran. And a continuing tax payer. But I won't be coming back----this is not the America I want to be a part of anymore.
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It's amazing how the self-declared anti-fascists have embraced all of the tenets of fascism.
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It's disgraceful that cops are using their tasers when they are equipped with perfectly good sidearms...
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An old time saying went like this: The more BS you put up with...the more your going to get!
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Why are the Police far more effective against students than criminals?
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They have no problem with the J6 protesters held without trial in solitary confinement for years with no trial.
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They were all asked to leave now or you would be arrested.
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We have freedom of speech until we say something they don't want us to say
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We are NOT a democracy, we are a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC 🇺🇸 theres a big difference
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“If you want to know who rules over you, just look for who you are not allowed to criticize.” Voltaire
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Ms. McAfee says that the protesters were choir children until the police arrived. HAHAHA!
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Remember, this is the same country that lectures China about democracy and free speech all the time.
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" Heard peaceful chanting".? Okay, that's a new one.
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FYI: YouTube is currently going overboard censoring comments about this, edit your comment and refresh to see if your comment got removed after you post.
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Asking a teacher what he was doing on his campus is crazy work😂😂😂
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Your attack on the police that brought this chao under control is so unfounded. Proof of your peaceful demonstration is unraveling when the other side of the isle shows up on other campuses and a violent exchange occurs. The whole area becomes a helllish war zone and students get injured, college property gets destroyed, and innocent colllege students that reject your foolishness are threatened. You make us proud!
