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85. I went to anti nuke protests

Sat Apr 27, 2024, 11:12 AM

Apr 2024

We actually had meetings beforehand where we were told if arrests started we were to use passive resistance and go limp.

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What have we become? Econ professor violently arrested at Emory [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2024 OP

After the SC Traildogbob Apr 2024 #1

Well there's a nice lawsuit Diraven Apr 2024 #2

Yep. She's married to the dean of admissions. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #4

A spousal hire? Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #12

And sexual harassment lives on too, probably. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #16

Turned him in? mahina Apr 2024 #20

I sure did and four other classmates came forward after that with various other offers he'd proposed. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #21

Thank you. mahina Apr 2024 #22

It's also possible Bettie Apr 2024 #27

Not sure why you say this. This is a common response to the spooky3 Apr 2024 #31

THANK YOU. Good gawd in this day & age to assume the female spouse to not be eminently qualified hlthe2b Apr 2024 #34

Men are also offered spousal hires, and it's also fucking weird Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #37

Uh huh... hlthe2b Apr 2024 #39

What assumption? Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #40

You insinuation the spouse was hired only to recruit the favored candidate and not because they too hlthe2b Apr 2024 #41

I didn't make a single comment about her qualifications at all Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #42

Uggh. hlthe2b Apr 2024 #43

Have a good one Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #44

Not according to Post 3, which announces *his hire* Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #36

That doesn't change my point (and I did say "may") which is spooky3 Apr 2024 #45

Wtf obamanut2012 Apr 2024 #33

I actually read the whole thread, including Post #3 Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #35

Sorry, what you said was inappropriate obamanut2012 Apr 2024 #78

Yeah, I had some flashbacks watching the video PatSeg Apr 2024 #53

????? edisdead Apr 2024 #74

Why would that matter? madville Apr 2024 #13

If believing only in the gossip mill is paramount, I suppose. littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #15

What was she thinking? madville Apr 2024 #14

I thought so, too EndlessWire Apr 2024 #23

More... littlemissmartypants Apr 2024 #3

This is the second photo I've seen of police snipers on college campuses Nevilledog Apr 2024 #5

Where exactly are the rifles? Bad Thoughts Apr 2024 #24

Not seeing more about Ohio, but this was Indiana Nevilledog Apr 2024 #68

Looks like they did have them, just not shown in this photo Nevilledog Apr 2024 #77

Not snipers. NT Patton French Apr 2024 #26

Not. betsuni Apr 2024 #38

Ohio might not, but Indiana did Nevilledog Apr 2024 #57

Disturbing Stuckinthebush Apr 2024 #6

Chair of Philosophy- older woman arrested too womanofthehills Apr 2024 #19

Cops need to be fired and charged with assault. triron Apr 2024 #7

Someone said the professor has been charged with assaulting the cops. Nevilledog Apr 2024 #9

Well that's fucked up. Video is clearly not showing that. triron Apr 2024 #49

shades of the 60s, nuthin new nt msongs Apr 2024 #8

I'm sure Putin paid her. Eko Apr 2024 #10

Between the poorly trained idiot cops and the "I am a professor of economics" Prairie Gates Apr 2024 #11

We could start with the one who charged in during an arrest. Bad Thoughts Apr 2024 #25

Okay, you just proved the point some of us made about your "spousal hire" snark by this post obamanut2012 Apr 2024 #79

We are regressing back to the worst of the 60s. Kablooie Apr 2024 #17

Just like Iran Warpy Apr 2024 #18

I was just about to post about these horrible events--Here are a few videos......... riversedge Apr 2024 #28

ummm, no videos? niyad Apr 2024 #32

TFG's 'Merica HAB911 Apr 2024 #29

Twas ever thus. Cops don't keep people safe. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2024 #30

That man was emphatically NOT neutralizing a threat. He was pleasuring himself with brutality. David__77 Apr 2024 #46

She was attempting to interfere with the arrest of the antisemite on the ground. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #56

Post removed Post removed Apr 2024 #59

In this country when you interfere with arrests it is grounds for arrest. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #60

The problem is that you do not have the right to resist arrest ripcord Apr 2024 #62

I don't dispute that. Marcus IM Apr 2024 #65

Castro is dead, thankfully. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #69

Prison or Exile Mosby Apr 2024 #70

Human Rights Watch on Israel / Palestine. PufPuf23 Apr 2024 #72

HRW has a peculiar obsession with Israel Mosby Apr 2024 #73

They may understand that "human" includes people in Gaza and West Bank and East Jerusalem. David__77 Apr 2024 #76

That buys into the framing that anyone who protests against Israel's action is anti-Semitic . . . markpkessinger Apr 2024 #88

I think most are antisemites or deeply uninformed and naive at best. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #93

What's she wearing on her head? BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #47

Looks to me like she tried to slap or punch him. betsuni Apr 2024 #48

I just saw a woman with her hands held in front of her in self defense. nt crickets Apr 2024 #50

She touched a police guy near his waist (gun) then took a swing (looked like to me) at another. betsuni Apr 2024 #51

I saw one hand at her own waist, steadying her shoulderbag. crickets Apr 2024 #63

Yes, she charged in wagging her fingers at the cop kneeling Nixie Apr 2024 #64

Asking for trouble! betsuni Apr 2024 #66

Exactly. Nixie Apr 2024 #71

That's what I saw PatSeg Apr 2024 #54

Yeah RobinA Apr 2024 #58

Looks like a bit of FAFO to me BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #52

I thought protesters were taught not to resist? ripcord Apr 2024 #55

Apparently they failed at protest school. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #84

I went to anti nuke protests ripcord Apr 2024 #85

That's nice. The vast majority of people just show up. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #86

And resist arrest evidently ripcord Apr 2024 #87

resisting arrest is a bullshit charge. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #89

She struggled against the arrest the entire time ripcord Apr 2024 #90

Is Kent State II next? Ping Tung Apr 2024 #61

She fucked around and found out. Cops don't play Mosby Apr 2024 #67

Refseek.com: police personality profile Duncan Grant Apr 2024 #75

Some of the anti-protestor comments in this thread are just gobsmacking obamanut2012 Apr 2024 #80

Not where we thought. AloeVera Apr 2024 #81

Yes. Where the hell do these people come from? triron Apr 2024 #82

I read your comment just as I thought the exact same thing. NoSheep Apr 2024 #92

There is no right of assembly for the left. Voltaire2 Apr 2024 #83

Since when is it necessary for police to use that much force? LiberalFighter Apr 2024 #91