U of M responds to protests, questions over whether arrested protesters are banned from campus


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www.brainerddispatch.com— In a statement to MPR News, the U said it has “very little direct business or investments in Israel or Palestine”

WWLP.com—ACLU responds to arrests of protesters on UMass campus. On Tuesday night, UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes sent campus police to disperse and dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment that was set up by student protesters that day in response to Israeli troops seizing Gaza's vital Rafah crossing.

The Guardian—‘I’m feeling paralysed’: they arrested my friends for protesting on campus. We chose Yale and it chose us, but one party was betrayed“Oliver was arrested this morning. 13 students arrested,” Ella texted me at 8.27am, “No, 45.”“Are you awake? Should we go? I’m feeling paralyzed right now.”Grey Battle studies political science at Yale University. She grew up in Birmingham, Alabama Continue reading

NPR—As student protesters get arrested, they risk being banned from campus too. Students continue to protest at campuses across the country, despite the risk of arrest. Some schools now threaten demonstrators with disciplinary action, while others promise the opposite.