“‘Our priority should be to try and ensure that under no circumstances are the police brought to bear on our students,’ Douglas said.”

One of many points I’ll continue to hammer as we deal with the fallout of Morehouse’s commencement decision. nbcnews.com/politics/joe-b…

🧵: Happening Now in front of King Chapel at Morehouse College: “What happened this morning at Emory was like a war zone.”

Testimonials from AUC students who were at the Emory University encampment

Here’s a clearer video of what’s being depicted below: the APD & Georgia State Patrol tasing a black student protestor already on the ground & restrained.

WATCH: Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

I’ve asked for a comment from Emory on this arrest, no word yet.

This video provided to us by an #Emory PHD student. You can hear him in this video. Atlanta News First

i don’t know of any other encampment in the country that has been broken up so swiftly and so violently than the one at Emory. APD does not give a single fuck.

Georgia State Patrol (GSP) and Atlanta Police Department (APD) leaders have a training program with Israeli Police (IOF).

Today, GSP deployed tear gas, rubber bullets, and tasers on Emory University students within the FIRST THREE HOURS of Emory’s Gaza solidarity encampment.

Intense police repression at Emory. As soon as the press conference ended—about three hours into the encampment—GSP and APD ambushed students with pepper spray and tasers. Many attempts at dearrest.

The occupation includes students across all Atlanta universities and non-students are explicitly invited.

“We are occupying Emory, not because it is the only institution that is complicit in genocide and police militarization, but because its ties are the strongest,” they said.

It’s worth reminding those critical of the student protests raging across the US: Gaza no longer has universities. Every single university in Gaza has been bombed into oblivion. Hundreds of academics, scholars, professors, & students have been killed since Oct. 7. #scholasticide

The neoliberal university captured in a single photo. Individual empowerment discourse, pabulum about community ('our Texas'), and the coercive apparatus of the state.

Oh noooo, I hope the students occupying universities in solidarity with Palestinians don't find this link to our #StopCopCity zine, print it, and distribute it on campus to make explicit connections between militarization and universities 😱

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Faculty members are calling on Morehouse College to rescind its invitation to Joe Biden to speak at its 2024 commencement: 'Any college or university that gives its commencement stage to President Biden in this moment is endorsing genocide.'

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I'm excited to announce the publication of my article, ''A New Era of Black Thought': Revisiting Gil Scott-Heron and the HBCU Protest Novel,' in the latest issue of The Vermont Connection!
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