Approaching 1400 arrests now. Updated with arrest, charge, and prosecutor info at:
-Uni of New Mexico in Albuquerque
-Uni of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
-Uni of Connecticut in Storrs
-Virginia Commonwealth Uni in Richmond
& Uni of Utah in Salt Lake City

We should all be applauding reporters at The Appeal, who are 1. calling prosecutors to see if they'll pursue charges against protesters + 2. tracking who is up for election this year. Props to Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸, Ethan Corey, Jerry Iannelli, Meg O'Connor!

theappeal.org/prosecutors-ch…

We’ve been hard at work updating this: By our count, nearly 1,400 people have been arrested at campus protests this month. Some face insane charges, including “hate crimes against law enforcement” in New Orleans

BREAKING: We’re hearing the felony assault of a peace officer charge against the FOX 7 Austin photographer has been dropped! While I’m relieved @TXDPS finally did the right thing, the photographer 🧵1/2 spj.org/news.asp?REF=3…

One of the craziest parts of this was learning that 'hate crime against law enforcement' is a thing

Shocking footage shows several officers at Washington University St. Louis beating a professor, slamming him, and dragging his limp body.
SIUE history professor Steve Tamari is reportedly hospitalized with broken ribs and a broken hand.
One doctor told him he's lucky to be alive.

Did a great interview with Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg 🇵🇸 on this crucial report for Law & Disorder on KPFA Radio

'hate crime on law enforcement'

hell yes Tara Francis Chan 🥳

Right now in The Nation: We have a really vivid report from *inside* the newly rechristened Hind's Hall by student journalist Lara-Nour Walton. A must-read! thenation.com/article/activi…

it always pays to remember that so-called 'objective' journalism is really a series of deliberate choices that people are making. here is one such choice.

too many twitter lawyers would have screamed “well they’re trespassing!!!!” at people doing sit ins during the civil rights movement get a grip lmao

They're tear gassing students at Virginia Commonwealth University. Many of them need immediate medical attention after being unable to breathe after being tear gassed and pepper sprayed.

The unending attempts to criminalize abortion are🫠

unsurprising since Jerry Seinfeld dated a child when he was almost 40!

Jessica Seinfeld, wife of Jerry Seinfeld, just donated $5,000 (more than anyone else) to the GoFundMe of the pro-Israel UCLA rally.
At this rally, participants yelled “I hope they rape you” & spat on and used the N-word towards pro-Palestinian students.

while we obsess over every tiny moment at student protests here, israel is planning to invade rafah, which is expected to be magnitudes more brutal than even what we've seen thus far thecradle.co/articles-id/24…

ICYMI: My exclusive Teen Vogue interview with trans trailblazer (and ACLU/ACLUofIL plaintiff) Cristina Iglesias about suing the BOP and forcing the federal government to finally provide gender confirmation surgery to trans people behind bars. teenvogue.com/story/cristina…

Samuel Anthony moved to the US from Sierra Leone when he was 6. He served time for a drug crime, got out, and rebuilt his life. Then the government deported him to a country where he doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the most common language. theappeal.org/samuel-anthony…

Internal emails show U.S. border agents joking about killing immigrants & committing other cruelties, while referring to immigrants by a derogatory slur, per a new HuffPost report from Roque Planas huffpost.com/entry/border-p…