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College protesters seek amnesty to keep arrests and suspensions from trailing them
Associated Press ^ | April 28, 2024 | Jocelyn Gecker

Posted on 04/28/2024 8:56:11 AM PDT by karpov

Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours.

But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and other students were being suspended after their arrests at the “ Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” a tactic colleges across the country have deployed to calm growing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.

The students’ plight has become a central part of protests, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their amnesty. At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the charges and withhold other consequences, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students into their adult lives.

Terms of the suspensions vary from campus to campus. At Columbia and its affiliated Barnard College for women, Alwan and dozens more were arrested April 18 and promptly barred from campus and classes, unable to attend in-person or virtually, and banned from dining halls.

Questions about their academic futures remain. Will they be allowed to take final exams? What about financial aid? Graduation? Columbia says outcomes will be decided at disciplinary hearings, but Alwan says she has not been given a date.

“This feels very dystopian,” said Alwan, a comparative literature and society major.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: academia; amnesty; antisemites; domesticenemies; education; hamas; hamasniks; israel; prohamas; riotersnotprotesters
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To: Freedom4US

> My point is precisely is one SHOULD expect to get away with all this nonsense provided he or she is a “protected” group.

Freaking special snowflakes, so entitled. F em.


61 posted on 04/28/2024 1:03:50 PM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It will be a plus, on their resumè for a federal job.


62 posted on 04/28/2024 1:23:38 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Menehune56; karpov

““This feels very dystopian,” said Alwan, a comparative literature and society major.”

A comparative literature and society major?

In other words she’s going to be a deadbeat with $100k+ in college debt working in the food services sector where she gets to say “Welcome to ________, may I take your order?”


63 posted on 04/28/2024 1:24:36 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: karpov
you dont get to sht on other people and then say "nobody needs to know I sht on other people". No, you don't. Once a shtter always a shttr.

Theres always going to be a number with your name.

someone cue up some merle haggard for this whinner.

64 posted on 04/28/2024 1:26:07 PM PDT by Ikeon (My only issues with stupid people are, they encouraged to talk and post stupid opinions.. )
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To: karpov

Nope. Barred, put on transcripts and has to pay all loans back.


65 posted on 04/28/2024 1:53:13 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Waving Ukraine Flags in Congress is an act of Treason! )
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To: karpov
“This feels very dystopian,” said Alwan, a comparative literature and society major.

To you spoiled, self-absorbed little dirtbags, it figures that having to face consequences for your actions would feel “dystopian.” You don’t even know the meaning of the word, you little drama queen. Zip it.

66 posted on 04/28/2024 1:57:00 PM PDT by Allegra (Less propaganda would be appreciated. )
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To: karpov

Find them, catch them, deport them.

The whole f’n bunch of them

Teach them to swim the Rio Grande river in a southerly direction.

Do this for the next 20 years.


67 posted on 04/28/2024 1:58:25 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: EinNYC

Consequences have NOT been forthcoming in America for a long time.


68 posted on 04/28/2024 2:07:21 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: brownsfan

Tomorrow the sun rises in the West according to your logic.


69 posted on 04/28/2024 2:09:50 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: DoodleBob

General stupidity most likely explanation.


70 posted on 04/28/2024 2:25:57 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: karpov

They should be forced to watch the video of Oct 7th at least 5 times and then write a paper on why protesting for hamas was wrong.


71 posted on 04/28/2024 2:31:38 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore…)
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To: jz638; EandH Dad
"Or onlyfans, probably onlyfans."

Eh, she may be SOL because I really don't think there is much of a demand for the fugly captain caveman look: 🤮🤮🤮🤮


72 posted on 04/28/2024 3:02:54 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it.)
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To: brownsfan

I guess these ‘kids’ didn’t plan their futures too well.


73 posted on 04/29/2024 3:35:44 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: P.O.E.

Actions Have Consequences!


74 posted on 04/29/2024 3:36:32 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: dayglored

bingo


75 posted on 04/29/2024 3:36:54 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Dogbert41
If you are in college you are af’ing adult!

Uh... SHOULD be!

76 posted on 04/29/2024 3:38:32 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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