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Bowman: 'Need More Protests' Like Columbia Encampment, UCLA Looked Disorderly, But Cops Caused Disorder
Breitbart ^ | May 2 2024 | Ian Hanchett

Posted on 05/03/2024 6:24:26 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight," Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) stated that the encampment on Columbia was "completely peaceful" and "Some of the images that we saw from UCLA and other places made it look like a bunch of disorder. But the majority of these protests are peaceful. When you send in hundreds of military-dressed law enforcement officers into a college, that brings the disorder and that brings the chaos."

Bowman said, "We want the protests to be peaceful. We do not want violent protests. I visited the Columbia encampment last week, and they were completely peaceful. There was a space for mental health supports, there was a library, there was food, there was coffee, there was water, and they were crystal clear on their demands. They are protesting the collective punishment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza."

He added, "Some of the images that we saw from UCLA and other places made it look like a bunch of disorder. But the majority of these protests are peaceful. When you send in hundreds of military-dressed law enforcement officers into a college, that brings the disorder and that brings the chaos. And we just heard reports that a gun was fired [at] Columbia by a member of law enforcement. That's the only gun that's been fired at any protest. And so, we need educators and professors to do their jobs and create spaces for critical dialogue, critical discussion. And we can't lose sight [of] what they're protesting, U.S. dollars going to a country that is bombing and killing and starving children. That is what's unacceptable."

Bowman concluded, "We need more protests that are peaceful to hold us accountable towards what we should be working on in Congress."

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To: SunkenCiv

Jamaal is a TRAITOR AND SHOULD BE THROWN OUT OF CONGRESS!


21 posted on 05/03/2024 8:10:09 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: egfowler3

Why would anyone?


22 posted on 05/03/2024 8:11:21 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker. Oh look, another Putinista troll.)
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To: Ann Archy

If it’s out an open window wearing a, uh, necktie, yeah.


23 posted on 05/03/2024 8:11:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker. Oh look, another Putinista troll.)
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To: Agatsu77

Uh-oh, that’ll probably trigger the troll who puts “pottymouths” in topic keywords! :^)


24 posted on 05/03/2024 8:13:03 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker. Oh look, another Putinista troll.)
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To: Judge Bean

That would be going easy on him.


25 posted on 05/03/2024 8:13:59 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker. Oh look, another Putinista troll.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Do the democrats have one single member who doesn’t hate the country? They are evil bastards. Every damned one of them.


26 posted on 05/03/2024 8:15:42 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: logi_cal869

The New York /;lawmaker” needs to study law. Th universities, including public ones, can place time, place and manner restrictions no matter how “peaceful” they claim to be.

But, what do you expect from a new York democrat in congress?

Even Mrs. VideoPaul, a terminally sincere far left liberal, gets that this is absolutely controllable “protected” speech. If SHE gets it, they’re WAY wrong.


27 posted on 05/03/2024 8:15:43 AM PDT by VideoPaul
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To: SunkenCiv

“...There was a space for mental health supports, there was a library, there was food, there was coffee, there was water...”


Space for mental health supports, a library?? I can picture the meeting where this was all arranged. “Alright comrades, when we take over the building, we’ve got to have a place for comrades suffering anxiety attacks. And a library. We have to have books for the comrades to read...”


28 posted on 05/03/2024 8:18:17 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: SunkenCiv

That Chicago convention just might turn out to be more fun TV viewing since, well... since 1968, notwithstanding a ball game or two, and a Peggy Fleming performance at the Olympics. Oh wait that was in January so never mind...


29 posted on 05/03/2024 8:20:15 AM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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To: Organic Panic

/bingo


30 posted on 05/03/2024 9:12:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker. Oh look, another Putinista troll.)
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To: VideoPaul
Even Mrs. VideoPaul, a terminally sincere far left liberal...

We share the same torment, my FRiend.

31 posted on 05/03/2024 9:16:09 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: SunkenCiv
We do not want violent protests.

Really? But the slogan, "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free", promotes the complete destruction of Israel and genocide of the Jewish people. Seems pretty violent to me.

32 posted on 05/03/2024 9:18:39 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: hanamizu

How about ‘therapy dogs’?


33 posted on 05/03/2024 9:46:00 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: libertylover
Sure, but other than that...
Rimshot!

34 posted on 05/03/2024 9:55:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Uncle Miltie; napscoordinator; Flaming Conservative; Freedumb; silverleaf; PGalt; Judge Bean; ...

35 posted on 05/03/2024 9:59:08 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: silverleaf

Don’t insult morons !!!


36 posted on 05/03/2024 11:04:04 AM PDT by Pearfect (Ou can't beat the competition lock them u)
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To: SunkenCiv

We have always been at war with Eastasia.


37 posted on 05/03/2024 12:58:35 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing)
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To: SunkenCiv

And probably the fools at Columbia will believe Hamas.


38 posted on 05/03/2024 1:02:16 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Flaming Conservative

Hey, not believing Hamas is just Islamophobia. /rimshot


39 posted on 05/04/2024 5:59:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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