Analysis of 553 protests in solidarity with Palestinians between 18 April and 3 May found 97% of them did not cause serious damage

Analysis of 553 protests in solidarity with Palestinians between 18 April and 3 May found 97% of them did not cause serious damage

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  • snooggums@midwest.social
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    6 months ago

    Nearly half of the campus protests that Acled categorized as violent involved protesters fighting with law enforcement during police interventions, according to the group’s data.

    So 98.5% were peaceful, although some protesters had to defend themselves against police aggression.

    • Kumikommunism [they/them]
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      6 months ago

      They also counted several examples of counter-protestors violently attacking peaceful protesters, like in UCLA, so the number is slightly higher still.

      • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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        6 months ago

        So literally 99.99% of violence is done towards campus protestors by either cops or some bus of chuds that came in from out of state

        • Rom [he/him]
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          6 months ago

          This is what the media always does whenever anyone dares to protest the status quo. Wait for the piggies to show up and start shit, then when the protestors fight back they turn on the cameras and say "look how violent this protest is." Every single goddamn time.