These students are being coddled and no one will learn a thing.
The College Fix reports:
Emerson College bails out pro-Palestinian students, offers extended housing for courtEmerson College is providing bail and extended housing to students who were arrested during the clearing of a recent a pro-Palestinian encampment, according to campus leaders.Jay Bernhardt, president of the private Boston college, said in a statement this week that he sympathizes with the students who were arrested during the late April protest on campus.“I deeply regret that despite our best efforts, our students’ activism resulted in police action over their encampment, especially in the heartbreaking way it occurred,” Bernhardt said. After listening to students’ stories, “I could feel the pain expressed by those arrested, those who cared for them, and those who were adversely affected by the encampment.”The college will not discipline any protesters, he said in an earlier statement. Additionally, Emerson will provide bail and extended housing to students who were arrested and need to stay after the semester is over for court appearances, according to the statement.Bernhardt said he also will encourage the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office to drop charges against the students.City police arrested 118 protesters after repeated warnings to break up their pro-Palestinian encampment on campus, according to the statement.Four police officers were injured, including one who sustained serious injuries, MassLive reports. Most of the arrests involve charges of unlawful assembly and disturbing the peace, according to Boston police.Jewish advocacy organizations are criticizing Emerson’s leniency with the student protesters.“Emerson is covering bail costs for 108 of their student protesters who were arrested for illegal encampments and may face court appearances …” the American Jewish Committee wrote on X. “Higher education should not be coddling this kind of activism. Universities should not be picking up the tab for extremists.”
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