Anti-Israel protesters were allowed to ‘occupy’ the Ruthven Building on the campus of the University of Michigan on Friday night. Isn’t it fascinating that these people claim to oppose colonization, yet their first instinct always seems to be to invade and take over spaces?
Police eventually removed them but not before they made a spectacle of themselves.
MLive reports:
Pro-Palestine protestors force their way into University of Michigan administration buildingMultiple police agencies were called to the University of Michigan campus late Friday afternoon as hundreds of pro-Palestine protesters entered the building housing the university president’s office.Starting around 4 p.m., Nov. 17, at least 200 protesters rallied inside and outside the Ruthven Administration Building, 1109 Geddes Ave., protesting for the university to divest from Israel.A number of the protesters gained access to the locked building, said University of Michigan Division of Public Safety and Security Deputy Chief Melissa Overton. However, all workers had left the building prior to this, university spokesman Rick Fitzgerald. said.As of 8 p.m., police still were in the process of restoring order, Fitzgerald said.Law enforcement agencies from across the county joined university police at the scene, including the Ann Arbor Police Department, Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office, Eastern Michigan University Police Department, Michigan State Police and Pittsfield Department of Public Safety, Overton said.
According to CBS News in Detroit, these were the usual suspects:
Student protestors take over Ruthven Building on University of Michigan campusA Palestinian advocacy group protested Friday on the University of Michigan’s campus, entering the Ruthven Building.Members of the Students Allied for Freedom and Equality (SAFE) and a coalition of 45 other student organizations rallied on campus beginning at 3 p.m., calling for the university to divest from companies they say contributed to the crisis in Gaza…SAFE is the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter at U of M.
This was a hostile takeover. See the video clips below:
They look very upset about being “ticketed” don’t they?
A lovely chant at the end here.
This is going to continue and spread to other schools until it is stopped.
Featured image via YouTube.
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