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University of Michigan using undercover investigators to surveil student Gaza protesters (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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The University of Michigan is using private, undercover investigators to surveil pro-Palestinian campus groups, including trailing them on and off campus, furtively recording them and eavesdropping on their conversations, the Guardian has learned.

The surveillance appears to largely be an intimidation tactic, five students who have been followed, recorded or eavesdropped on said. The undercover investigators have cursed at students, threatened them and in one case drove a car at a student who had to jump out of the way, according to student accounts and video footage shared with the Guardian.

Students say they have frequently identified undercover investigators and confronted them. In two bizarre interactions captured by one student on video, a man who had been trailing the student faked disabilities, and noisily – and falsely – accused a student of attempting to rob him.

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[–] ToadOfHypnosis@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

What the fuck does Israel have on all these colleges? Colleges haven’t been this paranoid and weird about any other protests that I can think of. College students have a long history of protesting, but I honestly don’t remember this level of college interference in those protests in the past. Is it donors pushing it or the government?

[–] Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Israel has the feds cutting funding to them

[–] rockprada@midwest.social 4 points 1 week ago

Yep. This is fucked.