Just a reminder that Germany kicked off the Holocaust by rendering all Jewish Germans stateless. They had no passports and no travel papers, so they were either trapped in place or had to rely on illegal ways to escape the mass murder.

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Attacking college students because it's Finals Week.

There are far more people here now than there were when this started. Can’t imagine that was the intention.

This is such a dangerous precedent being set by Democratic Party leaders who are playing right into the hands of MAGA crackdown on both activists and higher education.

BREAKING UPDATE: Police have deployed tear gas on the pro-ceasefire protesters at VCU's Cabell Library. News crews, including our 8News team members, were reportedly hit. #VCU #RVA trib.al/ropBy13

VCU immediately put the school into lockdown for a protest THEY made violent ? Students are being tear-gassed right now at #vcu after 26 cop cars surrounded the peaceful protest. This protest has been carried on all day with no harm to any students so why is it a problem now?

Update: situation at Cabell Library remains tenuous but unchanged. Protesters are assembled in Compass, police in field by encampment as tents are cleared out Richmond Times-Dispatch

Police, protesters clash at VCU student protests on campus tonight Richmond Times-Dispatch

VCU has done everything to gentrify this city in the name of making it a safe marketable place for students, but does nothing to protect those same students from police brutality. Its a shameful day.

The United States is threatening the International Criminal Court if it dares to go after Netanyahu or his government for committing a genocide the world has watched happen live for over six months. This is very very bad, y’all.

NEWS

The International Criminal Court is being warned by members of Congress in both parties that arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials will be met with U.S. retaliation.

Legislation to that effect is already in the works.

Andrew Solender scoops…

VCU Police love to wait until dark to attack richmond residents and students. This was a peaceful encampment and protest until they showed up.

VCU students declared a “Liberated Zone” on campus. Over 100 people have gathered for a pro-Palestine demonstration. Richmond Times-Dispatch

this is the “violent protest” that VCU felt warranted tear gassing + attacking students.

We’ve now entered the “cops tear gassing kids for protesting genocide” stage.

VA police really tear gassing VCU students at night this is sick the protest was completely peaceful

Police and protesters have reassembled. VSP has arrived. VCU police are declaring an unlawful assembly as I type. They’re threatening to use chemical agents.

At least one arrest has been made, per Luca Powell. Emergency sirens have been activated.

Heavy police presence just arrived on VCU’s Monroe Campus, where hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters have set up a makeshift encampment.