"‘This cannot happen in my name’, says Jewish American student"
"Sam Law, a Jewish American graduate student who took part in a protest at the University of Texas in Austin, recounted his arrest on Tuesday to Al Jazeera.
“I went to hear about the faculty talking about the destruction of universities in Gaza, and at around 12:45pm, a group of students started setting up tents and so I ran there and linked arms with people to defend the tents.
“We saw last Wednesday, the president of our university sending in militarised police – people with guns, riot gear and horses – and so when I ran to the tents, I knew that’s what’s going to happen. As a Jewish American… I needed to be strong and say this cannot happen in my name.
“We were encircled; it took the police several hours to pull people away, one by one, but there was a strong sense of solidarity, resolve among the students and community members. I wasn’t the only Jew; there were other people wearing Kippas.
“There were some people who were pretty badly injured. I saw people who really couldn’t walk because they had injured their ankle, someone covered in blood, people having asthma attacks, people having diabetic crises, people with tears running down their faces with medics putting saline solution in their eyes to help wash it [pepper spray] out.”"
"Police pepper spray pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 29, 2024 [Aaron E. Martinez/American-Statesman/USA Today Network via Reuters]"
Thank You, Frank. It is 1968 again. I hope we are up to the task. ;-(
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