Before Columbia called for NYPD's assistance, law enforcement officials said they believed the protests had been taken over by outside agitators. Most arrested not students.
@skykiss “Outside agitators” is a police excuse. At #WashU, students were arrested and faculty suspended. Others were St. Louis community members invited to participate. Sure, Jill Stein was there, but she was not central — the protest would have happened without her.
"Every moron in the Green Party needs to remember the company that Jill Stein keeps," Christopher David said.
War criminal, mass murderer Vladimir Putin held meetings featuring Stein and Putin was a December 2015 gala in Moscow in celebration of the Russian state television channel RT's tenth anniversary. The channel has been banned in several countries for spreading Russian propaganda since the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The channel regularly featured Stein during her 2016 campaign.
The 2016 election was subject to influence from the Russian state, which weaponized fake social media accounts on social media to foment conspiracy theories. According to NBC, some of those accounts called on people to vote for Stein over Hillary Clinton
80% of the #protestors arrested at Arizona State were not students.
UPDATE: ASU officials said most of the 69 people who were arrested for setting up an encampment at the Tempe campus overnight were not students, staff or faculty.
"I think it's unlikely there has been no Kremlin role in stoking the antisemitism on US campuses. Possible impairment of 702 during period pro-Kremlin members of Congress blocked its reauthorization, the #Ukraine war based on disinformation.
Trump's constant stoking of Nazi hate nationwide as an extension of the 2016 Russian influence campaign all strongly suggest a Kremlin role. The Senate Intelligence Committee needs to gather IC and make pointed inquiry whether this insurgent antisemitism has a Kremlin related element.
The IC needs to develop a counter-intelligence strategy to interdict the foreign influence including possibly using FISA Title I orders directed at persons who have been coopted by the Kremlin.
We are at war with Russia because Russia believes it's at war with us. There is nothing they won't do to destabilize our free society and the Hamas massacre was no random act but part of a larger global strategy advanced by the Kremlin, Qom and even possibly China."
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WSJ: “At UCLA, dozens of counterprotesters gathered at a pro-Palestinian encampment’s perimeter and tensions escalated quickly. The counterprotesters dismantled metal barricades around the encampment, in some cases throwing them at pro-Palestinian demonstrators. Some of the encampment members attempted to pull barricades back and reconstruct a barrier. At one point, someone outside the encampment threw what appeared to be a firework, which exploded.”
Sounds like RNC right-wing agitators wearing Balaclava or head scarf cover their face, doing that stuff with the barricades, & trying to rev up the crowds, swinging base ball bats at people's heads.
America better learn the difference between organic and inorganic protest activity really damn quick. There are some very bad actors out there- fascist that in fact want a Trump presidency—who have every motive, means & opportunity to cause chaos now.
Anyone keeping tabs on Mike Flynn, Steve Bannon, Roger Ston & republicans' shock troops?
Remember, Republicans did this when GeorgeFloyd riots were going on. Young white men and women dressed totally in Black with face covered smashing Windows, it's on tape.
This week, Turning Point’s “Faith” guy, Sean Feucht was filmed with bullhorn at pro-Israel Columbia event. So #WhiteChristianNationalist (KKK) are already at the "rallys.'"
After watching the last few days, seeing how many are now hiding behind Arab headdress and masks, I can only think they don’t want people to know who they are. It is the cowards way and we all know what cowards the republicans are.
Just like when they infiltrated the BLM protests and started firing flare guns into buildings.
My first thought was trump campaign instigated chaos to deflect from his legal issues and because the sham impeachment was a failure.
@mybarkingdogs@skykiss Seems a little harsh. I stand with the BLM/BIPOC Movement, however, I recognized the “George Floyd“ label more readily than your own. 🤷🏽♂️
Almost half of protesters arrested on New York campuses have NO connection with university
New York police had no connection with a university, according to the city’s mayor.
‘Violent’ Columbia protester is heir to ad empire— and long rap sheet.
The provocateur, who has arrests dating back to 2005.
He broke into the school and was charged with burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, conspiracy and criminal trespassing.
“I observed the defendant inside the location with several other individuals,” a police officer wrote in the arrest report. “I did observe doors with shattered windows, doors off hinges, broken desks and exits blockaded by piled-up chairs.”
Carlson destroyed a camera inside a holding cell at One Police Plaza while he was in custody around 1 a.m., police sources said.
Recently he hit the 22-year-old in the face with a rock during an April protest.
Carlson was charged at the time with suspicion of attempted lynching, malicious mischief, battery to a police officer, aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon, willful resistance to a police officer that results in serious bodily injury.
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