Opinion: USC's 'security risk' rationale to thwart peaceful protest is not justified
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— During Vietnam War protests, the Nixon administration called them "outside agitators." Now my university's provost prefers "participants — many of whom do not appear to be affiliated with USC." Beyond Andrew Guzman's misdemeanor of wordiness, the playbook is the same: Blame outsiders, as part of the justification for police action against students exercising their rights to question a heinous U.S. foreign policy that is killing tens of thousands of men, women and children half a world away. In...
@sbsun—With commencement nearing, USC adjusts campus security amid protests. University officials said all bags will be subject to search. People wearing masks will be asked to lower them briefly to verify identification, according to the university.
San Bernardino Sun—With commencement nearing, USC adjusts campus security amid protests. University officials said all bags will be subject to search. People wearing masks will be asked to lower them briefly to verify identification, according to the university.
Charlotte Observer—Schools like UNC are silencing peaceful protest with police force. That’s not OK. Dozens of protesters were arrested at UNC-Chapel Hill Tuesday after police shut down a pro-Palestinian “Gaza solidarity encampment” in the...