This is the second time in a few weeks that there have been arrests at Brown over the same issue. Where do school leaders think this is headed?
WJAR News reports:
Brown University students arrested after walkoutBrown University students held a pro-Palestine walkout on Monday to demand divestment from the university and justice for a student shot in Vermont.Brown University Palestine Solidarity Caucus said it held the walkout at noon.University officials told NBC 10 that 41 students were arrested after refusing to leave.Students were told to leave University Hall by the time it closed at 5 p.m.However, students were still there around 6:30 p.m.The group said the walkout was in protest of the university’s complicity in the ongoing genocide in Gaza and its lack of commitment to protecting Palestinian students.NBC 10 crews observed a large group of students gathered outside the Brown Investment office.The organizing group said the event included a series of speeches from grad workers and students and, also had a reading of remarks by Hisham Awartani, one of the three Palestinian students shot in Vermont in November.The school said students are participating in a sit-in at the University Hall building on campus.Brown University President Christina Paxson said that she expects students to leave the building by 5 p.m., which is the end of normal operating hours.
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