Students and academics at the University of Alberta reacted with outrage on Saturday after Edmonton police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, describing the operation as violent and contesting assertions that demonstrators were breaking the law.
Organizers said police fired tear gas and wielded batons and bicycles against students at the university’s north campus quad shortly after arriving at 4:30 a.m., resulting in one hospitalization.
Wow, cops move a lot faster when it’s young people protesting genocide, as opposed to middle aged people protesting sensible health regulations.
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It’s so disorienting that the IJV spokesperson quoted in the article is named Kahane.
Encampments aren’t protests and as we’ve seen they’re clearly not peaceful.
