On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight,” Rep. Jamal Bowman (D-N.Y.) said the Columbia Island encampment was “completely peaceful” and “not visible from UCLA or anywhere else.” In some of the images, he looked like Alex Wagner.” A mass of confusion. However, the majority of these protests are peaceful. Sending hundreds of uniformed law enforcement officers into a university creates anarchy and chaos. ”
“We want the protests to be peaceful. We don’t want violent protests. I visited the Colombian encampment last week and they It was completely peaceful. There was a space to support mental health, there was a library, there was food, there was coffee, there was water, and their demands were very clear to Palestinian civilians in Gaza. We are protesting against the collective punishment of
Additionally, “some of the images we saw from UCLA and other places made it look like a mass of disorder. But the vast majority of these protests are peaceful. Hundreds of people… You send uniformed law enforcement officers into the university, and there’s chaos and chaos. And we just heard reports of guns being fired. [at] Columbia by members of law enforcement. This was the only time shots were fired during the protest. Therefore, we need educators and professors to do their work and create a space for critical dialogue, critical debate.and we can’t lose sight [of] The very things they are protesting, the US dollars are flowing to the countries that are bombing, killing and starving children. That’s unacceptable. ”
“We need more peaceful protests to hold Congress accountable for what needs to be done,” Bowman concluded.
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