Army Tanks Clear “Peaceful” NYC Protests

In this 12 May 2024 video, local resident Cash Jordan covers the swath of New York City campus lockdowns and groups protesting a pro-palestine agenda.

Protests in New York City reached a point where drastic measures were employed to clear college campuses of student led demonstrations. Did the police go to far?

https://youtu.be/t69EEirTrSs

From the video transcript…

This morning NY police made dozens of arrests at both The New School, a University in New York City and at NYU. Within the last hour, another group of demonstrators has began gathering at NYU.

Recently protesters took over every major college here in New York City and although there were Mass arrests and Riot police deployed, there’s still pockets of protest activity and observers say this could be the new normal here for a long time. Local news channels are reporting as breaking news a massive show of force to crack down on college campuses in New York City with the NYPD moving in huge machinery to clear the protesters. The NYPD says it received a letter  from the University, asking police to move in after Pro Palestinian demonstrators refused to leave on their own. About 282  people were arrested, “We are going to stay here. We’re okay with the possibility of mass arrest. We are okay with the possibility of suspension.

Another protestor voiced, ”I spent my time. I spent my money to get here to pay for the tuition and everything and they just canceled my class for  no reason.”

Cops made their way through campus in riot gear last night as they attempted to disperse protesters, Just a short time  later, officers entered The New School, where Pro Palestinian protesters have been set up for the last 12 days and arrested 43 people.

Both schools say they called in the NYPD because of growing safety concerns and the overall disruption of the campuses. As protests continue to escalate across campuses, many leaders believe they’ve gone too far. Recently a historic war memorial was vandalized by peaceful protesters and what nobody’s talking about is that although at first these movements looked like an organic showing of support for Palestine, everyone knows when historic statues and  monuments start getting vandalized, it shows there are anti-American undertones to all this. In fact, things were so crazy the NYPD was forced to clear protesters from occupied buildings with a military style vehicle called ‘The Bear’. On top of that, the police say half the protesters arrested at two of the largest uprisings were not even students at Columbia or City College, which means whatever’s behind these demonstrations is much bigger than anyone is actually aware of and it  also means there is money behind these imported non-student protesters who weren’t there for free.