jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem
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NYPD officials have spoken often recently of their intent to “control the narrarive” by building out their own media apparatus. In practice, that looks like barring reporters from public streets adjacent to a mass arrest action, then posting videos like this
NYPD officials have spoken often recently of their intent to “control the narrarive” by building out their own media apparatus. In practice, that looks like barring reporters from public streets adjacent to a mass arrest action, then posting videos like this
I don't know what charges are being considered, but as someone who researches criminalization, I emphasize that the charges are the prosecutor's choice
I don't know what charges are being considered, but as someone who researches criminalization, I emphasize that the charges are the prosecutor's choice
NYPD forcibly removed hijabs from multiple muslim columbia students in jail, we kept chanting “let her wear her hijab” over and over from inside our cells. one of them was told to shut up by an officer when she demanded to get back her hijab. columbia unleashed these pigs on us.
with the ‘outside agitator’ narrative being peddled yet again, pls note that this is how Columbia J school dean Jelani Cobb decided to use some of his time on MSNBC tonight, saying there was ‘a great deal of concern about outside elements, threats, possibly someone with a weapon’
on "outside agitators" - worth revisiting
on "outside agitators" - worth revisiting
In the morning the respectability politics crowd will hand-wring over tactics as if they would otherwise support the cause. The same people applauded the arrests of peaceful protesters. There is no problem with the escalation tactics
“Is it the chancellor who runs this campus or is it the NYPD who runs this campus?” This is CUNY professor Corinna Mullen. The NYPD just arrested her.
god bless you all
god bless you all
probably a direct correlation between the extent of police violence used tonight on the two campuses and the relative wealth of undergraduate parents
When the siege tower comes out that's how you know a peaceful learning environment is being restored
ccny campus magazine livestream is genuinely incredible, they’re reading out police badge numbers + names and getting people in the chat to search complaints filed against them, then reading the complaints back out loud to the cops 😭
apologies to cuny folks that i focused so hard on columbia tonight. my brain could barely handle the amount of information i was receiving for like 4 hours straight. solidarity to you all - we will win.
‼️ALERT ‼️: Legal observers at CCNY were beaten and removed by NYPD’s notoriously violent strategic response group, protesters tasered and pepper sprayed—ALL OUT TO 1PP FOR JAIL SUPPORT
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1K Followers 1K Following Assistant Professor @URI_CCJ | Punishment Scholar | @SociologyUga PhD | Academic Mom | She/HerA few years ago my spouse who sat on the ground to protest Chevron being a "sponsor" of an earth day event was arrested by 4 cops who then charged her with numerous counts of trespass and resisting including felony assault. They're going to escalate charges, folks need support.
I want to be clear: We cannot only defend members of the movement who get trespassing tickets and an 8-hour stint in central booking. We must defend those with misdemeanors and felonies
In 40 years, Columbia will probably preserve transcripts of these WKCR broadcasts as a testament to the school's "rich tradition of activism"
BREAKING: Fordham University students launch a Gaza solidarity encampment, just hours after encampments were swept at CCNY and Columbia.
Guess who is on the board of visitors at Virginia tech
I want to urge people to focus on Columbia’s Board. Shafik does not matter
Love it when academics publish research on the effects of police killings on sleep quality (highly implausible stuff that no one asked for anyway) while publicly cheering on police repression of anti genocide protesters
The main danger to our community tonight was the huge armed police presence requested on campus by admin - not protesters. A wholly disproportionate response that provoked disruption, fear & frustration across the whole wider community, not just Columbia. 5/
Meanwhile students locked down in dorms, others blocked from going home. CU Administration gave 0 info other than an order to stay in place or risk punishment. All for our own 'safety' - ironic given we were blocked from homes by armed police (had to show my lease to get in) 4/
actually cheering the police as they beat the shit out of kids nonviolently demanding divestment from a garrison client state run on apartheid principles and US arms is how “we” we will defeat fascism
I am still horrified by what I witnessed tonight. Columbia University will never be the same again.
this fight happening in harlem matters because bringing down columbia who is the largest landlord in new york who continues displacing black nyers means not only a divestment from israel but a weakening of the hold it has on the city. all this shit gotta go. new york is hurting.
NYPD officials have spoken often recently of their intent to “control the narrarive” by building out their own media apparatus. In practice, that looks like barring reporters from public streets adjacent to a mass arrest action, then posting videos like this
#HAPPENINGNOW: An incredible scene and proud moment as we have assisted @CityCollegeNY in restoring order on campus, culminating in raising Old Glory once again on their campus flagpole. 🇺🇸 @NYPDPC @NYPD1stDep @NYPDChiefOfDept @NYPDChiefPatrol @NYPDnews
Jefferey Maddrey arrives, police begin making arrests at the gates
Or people pretend. “I don’t understand what the protesters want!” Nearby: Students had signs, posters with written demands for Israel to end the slaughter in Gaza, and clearly articulated demands of their university.
I think the moral content of a protest matters, I think it’s the single most important thing actually, and the elaborate media pseudo debates about tactics, electoral impact etc—where we discuss everything but the moral content—is because the righteousness of the cause is obvious
In 1968, 100 Black students at Northwestern famously occupied their campus Bursar’s office for 38 hours. They were protesting racism and discrimination. Too many of y’all don’t know the history of civil rights and student movements. sites.northwestern.edu/bursars1968/
“Peaceful non violence” was the predicate of the Civil Rights Movement. Taking over a building and destroying property feels January 6th ish to me. 🤷🏽♂️
This really could not be more simple. Forcibly occupying private space is illiberal coercion, not protest. Imagine dozens or hundreds of people sitting in a business — a department or drug store, perhaps — and refusing to leave unless their demands were met. Not to be tolerated.
The chair later admonished me for my response and I didn't get the job (not sure how related). But I wasn't about to lie to a room full of people.
Gave a job talk in Jan & a student asked me how faculty could teach students about community organizing in public health. I said professors have no special knowledge of organizing & often students lead the way.
like, really understand this: New Yorkers are paying cops to stay at Columbia’s campus to stop students from protesting war. This is what it means to fund the police