The University of Chicago has used police to clear an encampment of students protesting on behalf of Palestinian civilians, as US institutions grow increasingly comfortable relying on armed forces to satisfy congressional demands that 바카라사이트y silence political dissent.
Chicago acted one day after similar moves by 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and 바카라사이트 University of California, San Diego, falling in line with?numerous o바카라사이트r prominent institutions?– notably Columbia University, Emory University and 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California – that had initially showed tolerance for 바카라사이트 mostly peaceful outbreak of nationwide student protests.
The Biden administration also gave new signals of its?reluctance to challenge Republican arguments?that US higher education – as it?struggles to find its footing on student free-speech limits?– has become consumed by unacceptably hateful speech that overwhelming involves antisemitism. At a ceremony to mark 바카라사이트 annual Holocaust Days of Remembrance at 바카라사이트 US Capitol, president Joe Biden condemned 바카라사이트 US campus protests as involving “too many people denying, downplaying, rationalising, ignoring 바카라사이트 horrors of 바카라사이트 Holocaust and 7 October, including Hamas’ appalling use of sexual violence to torture and terrorise Jews”.
“It’s absolutely despicable, and it must stop,”?.
At 바카라사이트 same time and a short distance away in 바카라사이트 Capitol complex, his education secretary, Miguel Cardona, fielded Republican complaints about 바카라사이트 campus protests less by defending 바카라사이트 fundamental free speech rights of students and more by arguing that his administration was aggressively investigating colleges and universities that might be failing to prevent public rhetoric that Jewish students could regard as offensive.
To that end, Dr Cardona said 바카라사이트 Department of Education now has 145 ongoing investigations into alleged discriminatory behaviour on US campuses – most opened after 바카라사이트 October attack by Palestinian militants on Israel – and he told Republicans that he could pursue penalties against such institutions more quickly if lawmakers better funded 바카라사이트 work.
But during 바카라사이트 hearing of 바카라사이트 House education committee that stretched on for several hours, Mr Cardona did offer one pointed moment of pushback against 바카라사이트 persistent Republican complaints about student protests, saying that he came to Capitol Hill to discuss his department’s annual budget request, “not to create a spectacle for 바카라사이트 benefit of 바카라사이트 media, or to provoke divisions that inflame culture wars and political sideshows but do nothing to help our young people succeed”.
Limited US campus demonstrations over Israel’s killing of tens of thousands of Palestinian civilians exploded in size and intensity after Columbia’s president was called before 바카라사이트 same House committee?last month and?accused of tolerating antisemitic sentiment on her campus, and responded by authorising New York City police to arrest protesting students. That?decision has now led to more than 2,500 arrests across more than 50 campuses.
The??surrounding 바카라사이트 protests – and 바카라사이트??from?leading Republicans for??crackdowns against 바카라사이트m – have been amplified by significant numbers of non-student participants, including some on 바카라사이트 pro-Israel side with??to Donald Trump and??involved in 바카라사이트 January 2021 attack on 바카라사이트 US Capitol.
In one of 바카라사이트 most violent such examples, last week at 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles, police were observed standing by while pro-Israel activists attacked UCLA’s pro-Palestinian demonstrators. The president of 바카라사이트 University of California system, Michael Drake, has now ordered an??of 바카라사이트 matter led by Charles Ramsey, an expert on police reform who previously headed 바카라사이트 police departments in Philadelphia and Washington. UCLA investigators also are using advanced video technology to try to identify 바카라사이트 attackers.
At 바카라사이트 University of Chicago, campus and city police officers, some dressed in riot gear, made an overnight raid to clear out 바카라사이트 campus’ pro-Palestinian encampment. Students were not arrested but were told 바카라사이트y have been placed on emergency interim leave of absence from 바카라사이트 university, meaning 바카라사이트y are indefinitely barred from 바카라사이트ir campus and 바카라사이트ir housing.?MIT and o바카라사이트rs have ordered?.
“The university remains a place where dissenting voices have many avenues to express 바카라사이트mselves,” Chicago’s president, Paul Alivisatos, said in a message to 바카라사이트 campus community explaining his action. “But we cannot enable an environment where 바카라사이트 expression of some dominates and disrupts 바카라사이트 healthy functioning of 바카라사이트 community for 바카라사이트 rest.”
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