University of Michigan regent Jordan Acker said masked anti-Israel protesters entered his home early Wednesday morning “with a list of demands” as his wife and children slept inside.
In a post on X that has been viewed more than 1 million times, Acker said a “masked intruder” showed up at his home with a list of demands “including defunding the police.”
“My three daughters were asleep in bed, thankfully unaware of what had happened,” Acker wrote.
The University of Michigan said in a news release that more than 30 student protesters demonstrated at the private residence of at least one board member and went to several other homes. Protesters placed tents and fake corpses wrapped in bloody sheets on the lawn and marched from early morning, chanting chants and posting lists of demands on doors.
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On May 15, 2024, masked protesters demonstrated at the private residence of at least one member of the University of Michigan Board of Trustees and went to the residences of several others, the university announced. (University of Michigan)
Demonstrators concealed their identities with masks. On social media, university chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), Students for Freedom and Equality (SAFE), and the Alliance for Transparency, Accountability, Humanity, Reparations, Investment, and Resistance (TAHRIR) reported on demonstrations. He praised his achievements. The same group organized an anti-Israel encampment at the university’s Central Campus Diag, school officials said.
The university said the demonstrators began to disperse after law enforcement arrived on the scene.
“This form of protest is not peaceful,” Acker wrote. “Public officials should not be subjected to this type of coercive behavior, and this type of behavior is unacceptable to members of Michigan’s community, especially those led by the person who called for the death of people with whom they disagree.”
The university said the protesters’ tactics were a “serious and dangerous escalation” of anti-Israel protests on campus. The student group that supported the action said the boundaries of the Gaza Strip camp on the school’s campus are now “unlimited.”
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Student protesters pitched a tent and demonstrated in front of Regent Sarah Hubbard’s home. (University of Michigan)
At the school’s May 4 graduation ceremony, about 50 protesters held up Palestinian flags and chanted anti-Semitic flags as U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro addressed and addressed new officers. They marched towards the stage chanting slogans.
Additionally, planes carrying pro-Palestinian slogans flew overhead, and some demonstrators were wearing keffiyeh, a garment that has become a symbol of Palestinian unity, according to alumnus Benny Shayefsky on FOX. He told News Digital. He said law enforcement confronted the protesters, pushed them to the rear, and remained in place for the remainder of the event.
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Anti-Israel student demonstrators demand that the University of Michigan withdraw from Israel amid the Gaza war. The demonstrators left a bloody stuffed animal outside the residence of a school official and posted a list of demands on the door. (University of Michigan)
For about three weeks, the University of Michigan has been battling anti-Israel protests that broke out as part of nationwide protests that began at Columbia University in New York City in April. Demonstrators have clashed with authorities and schools have reported incidents of vandalism. They demanded that the university completely divest from companies investing in Israel, claiming that one-third of the university’s $18 billion endowment is tied to Israel; MLive reports that he denies this.
The school says it respects students’ right to free speech, but authorities say, “Going to a person’s private residence is coercive behavior, and in this case constitutes trespassing.” This type of behavior is protected speech. “This is dangerous and unacceptable.”
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“I’m not intimidated,” Acker said.
“After the 2020 election, public officials here in Michigan faced threats from mobs of election denialists who engaged in similar acts. should not be engaged in, and such behavior cannot be tolerated in any free society. ”
Anti-Israel camps at the University of Michigan remain on campus. The school did not respond to a request for comment on whether police would be called to remove the tent.
Louis Casiano of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
