Socialist Students at U. Missouri Protest Law Enforcement Operation That Caught Multiple Violent Offenders
“we are not just going to sit back and let it happen”
How dare law enforcement do its job and arrest criminals.
The College Fix reports:
Mizzou student socialists protest law enforcement operation that netted over 30 violent offenders
The University of Missouri Young Democratic Socialists of America recently protested a multi-level law enforcement operation in the college’s hometown of Columbia that netted 32 felony arrests.
According to The Maneater, about 50 members of the group gathered on December 11 at the campus Speakers Circle, and then marched to city hall to protest “federal overreach” in the town.
The group’s primary complaint is Columbia and the university sharing surveillance information with federal agencies such as Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. It demanded that Mizzou’s Flock Safety surveillance systems be “shut down.”
The YDSA “specifically” singled out “Operation Brightside,” a November “federal, state and local law enforcement” endeavor that resulted in 32 felony arrests, “19 federal indictments, 21 felony state warrants and six residential search warrants.”
Demonstration organizer Izn Hasan noted in a pre-protest statement that “This operation lays the groundwork for ICE intervention in Columbia, and allowing DHS to use our city’s resources is an open invitation.”
Hasan accused Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and University of Missouri System President Mun Choi of “using [a] false narrative of widespread violent crime” to allow ICE in the city.
Natalie Hosto of the Stand Up 4 Students coalition expressed concerns about Choi’s “encroachment into the political sphere,” noting “we are not just going to sit back and let it happen.”
“The fact that Mun Choi, someone who’s not even an elected official in our offices, knows about all of the happenings in Columbia before our city council is honestly appalling,” Hosto said.
Mizzou spokesman Christopher Ave responded by saying “The success of the university and its students depend on Columbia being safe and welcoming. Reducing crime is a responsibility shared by all who call Columbia home.”
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The Democratic Socialists would be very much against someone from the protected class being arrested for assault.
What would be their reaction if a Democratic Socialist were punched in the face? Bet they would want an assaulter of a Democratic Socialist prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
“If you don’t help us stop this now, you could be next!”
Oh, not me, Binky.
Yeah, though, probably you.
There are likely recognized as a valid group on campus. Drop them. Taxpayers should not be supporting the overthrow of their own society.
Stand Up 4 Students coalition
Maybe there should be a “Sit Down and Shut Up, Students” coalition.
50 students out of 31,500, led by a kid with a Middle Eastern-sounding name, who is probably a career malcontent. I’d say ignore them; the less publicity they receive, the better.
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