Where do school leaders think all of this is heading? It’s not anyplace good, that’s for sure.
WPRI News reports:
18 arrested during protest at Brown UniversityProvidence police took 18 protesters into custody on Wednesday during a large demonstration at Brown University.Dozens of people were singing and praying outside the main administration building as a group of students staged a sit-in protest inside.According to a news release, the students were members of the group BrownU Jews for Ceasefire Now. Their plan was to refuse to leave until Brown President Christina Paxson publicly committed to taking steps to divest its endowment from any companies that are profiting off the ongoing war in Israel.“Divestment from companies profiting from ongoing violence in Gaza is a material way for Brown University to promote an immediate ceasefire and a lasting peace,” the group wrote.Organizers told 12 News they remained in Paxson’s office until it closed at 5 p.m., then were given a half-hour extension from Brown police. It was then that Providence police arrived on campus with prisoner transport vans.Brown University later released a statement saying that when the demonstrators entered University Hall around 12:15 p.m., staff informed them of their right to protest during operating hours. After those passed, the university said it gave the students “multiple trespass warnings” before moving forward with the arrests.“At Brown, all community members are responsible for abiding by our codes, policies and protocols related to protests and demonstrations,” the statement said. Those policies make clear that protest is a necessary and acceptable means of expression on campus. They also make clear that because Brown respects and upholds freedom of expression, the ‘time, place and manner’ of exercising those rights is subject to regulation only ‘to prevent interference with the normal functions of the University.’”
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