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With the greenlight of Columbia President Minouche Shafik and her administration, NYPD has entered Hind Hall through the windows and begun to mass arrest students inside. Let this be remembered as Columbia and Shafik’s legacy: one of mobilizing the violence and terror of the state against their own students and faculty, solely to prevent an end to Columbia’s complicity in a genocide.

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You're not wrong, but if they had been armed, there would be more dead people in this story.

[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe. It's also possible that the administration would have negotiated a settlement with the protestors to avoid escalation.

[–] Brickhead92@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems like escalation is all that the higher ups know how to do these days.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If they ever descalate they may find themselves living in the system they created and whoa-ho do I kinda get why they’re so goddamn afraid of that. If only they hadn’t made it so awful down here.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meaningful change is written in blood.

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Perhaps, but sometimes bloodshed is just tragic and does not change anything meaningful.