The protest saw a physical confrontation as police forcefully arrested peaceful protesters.

They were arrested for just being there. This is absolute bullshit. In the 90s, there was a protest camp there against the Gulf War that was there 24/7. I know because I was in it sometimes, helping to cook food and do other things to keep it a place to live in.

In the 80s, there was a semi-permanent shantytown there to protest South African apartheid.

This is utter bullshit.

  • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    6 months ago

    33 anti-genocide protesters arrested at Dunn Meadow encampment Thursday

    Fixed

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Believe me, if I could have done that in the title, I sure as hell would have. This is absolutely unacceptable.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        6 months ago

        It’s a play on words purposefully used by the US media in order to frame the protests as a versus. “If it’s pro-palestine then it must be anti-israel.” I’ve seen Canadian articles that call them “Gaza protests”, which is far more accurate.