White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden welcomed peaceful protests on campuses and elsewhere, but would continue to condemn hate speech, antisemitism or violence.
Police say they are committed to protecting right to protest and protestors, adding, "freedom of expression ends where criminal offense begins."
In messages posted overnight on social media X, police said they had to act to stop the event and dismantle tents that been set up by protesters, who used violence against police at the site.
Mahmoud Mehrabi is the latest in a series of activists arrested in connection with the 2022 protests who have been sentenced to death.
Several protesters were reportedly arrested, by the New York Police Department, while marching through Central Park.
Must we allow violent rallies because we are fearful of being accused of suppressing the sacred right of peaceful protest? Does our concern for police overreach move us to handcuff law enforcement?
College graduation ceremonies witness pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests. Instances include flag displays, symbolic acts, and controversial speeches, but ceremonies proceed as planned.
The intellectualization, moralization, institutionalization, legalization, and normalization of antisemitism is a threat not only to the Jewish people but to Western civilization as a whole.
Thus, we can offer an alternative to those who have not decided and strengthen those concerned; perhaps we are unlikely to convince the extremists otherwise.
Today’s protesters idolize Osama bin Laden. Professors at our universities espouse these toxic ideologies. This is a malignancy that cannot be allowed to metastasize across our nation.
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