can a civilian be sued for use of excessive force

this is the university of virginia. they let nazis march but they won’t let you protest genocide.

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🔴RECAP: #Israel #Palestine (as of 23:50 GMT 04 May)

1. The Palestinian health ministry confirmed Israeli forces had killed at least 34,654 people in Gaza and wounded 77,908 since 7 October. Israeli forces have killed 32 people and injured 41 in the last 24 hours, the ministry…

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the US uses money and power to let industries kill babies abroad quickly, and hides its wallet and strength so that industries can kill babies slowly here. Under capitalism, suffering is profitable

THREAD. Last night, the White House quietly sent out a press release notifying reporters that Biden would be seeking $37 billion for, among other things, 100,000 new cops. This is one of the most dangerous developments imaginable.

Rafah is being extremly bombed right now, a very bad night already...

Gaza Genocide Day 211

These brave students will be remembered on the right side of history. Fuck these fascist pigs and fuck the media for doing this.

1) Nearly two days after the arrests, and we still don’t have basic information from Columbia or NYPD about the number of students vs. non-students taken from Hamilton Hall.

2. Students, faculty faced down a wall of cops because of a “police gut feeling?” Because of vibes??

The pro-Israel counter protestors at UCLA were organized by a group funded by billionaire Bill Ackman and friends, including Jessica Seinfeld (wife of the erstwhile comedian Jerry Seinfeld).
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Right now @UMichSPH’s commencement speaker, Jodi-Ann Burey, condemned the UMich’s leaders for not divesting in the face of the genocide in Gaza. “We are witnessing the most well-documented genocide in human history on our cell phones.”

The media’s refusal to cover working class Black and Brown universities like CUNY allows for cops and administrators to brutalize our students without oversight or accountability.

I have a lot of thoughts on what happened at Ole Miss yesterday— as someone who is both a Black Mississippian and Palestinian, and as someone who has worked every minute of every day since October 2023 on the ongoing situation in Gaza.

We continue to see history repeat itself.

My husband, Prof. Steve Tamari, is out of the hospital. He will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. We are asking for time to rest and heal. We will not be taking media interviews at this time. Here is Steve's statement and ways you can support.

Karen Bass invited school shooters to UCLA last night

To fight antisemitism they sure are arresting a lotta Jews

Jeff Sharlet Dartmouth 🌲 Those cops were brutal to me. I promise I did absolutely nothing wrong. I was standing with a line of women faculty in the their 60s to 80s trying to protect our students. I have now been banned from the campus where I have taught for 34 years.

One reason (of many) MLK's letter from Birmingham Jail is relevant is that it's another piece of history that helps us see what has and hasn't changed. The anti-war King the establishment tries to erase was assassinated around the time of the 1968 Columbia University protests.