As police cracked down on anti-war protests on college campuses across the US in recent weeks, among those arrested were a pair of silver-haired 65-year-old professors armed only with their cell phones.

Annelise Orleck was knocked to the ground and restrained with plastic handcuffs at a protest at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. She later complained of whiplash.

Steve Tamari was tackled by officers and taken into custody at a demonstration at Washington University in St. Louis, an attack he said resulted in multiple broken ribs and a broken hand.

Orleck and Tamari are among at least 50 professors arrested at campus protests across the country, according to a CNN review of police records, court filings, and news reports. (Since April 18, more than 2,400 students have been arrested amid protests on more than 50 campuses.) In some cases, professors said they were actively participating in protests based on their own beliefs. Others said they attended to show support for their students.

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      7 months ago

      https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g9g63jl17o

      It seems one of us is aware of the facts and the other is not. The president of the panel that handed down the ruling is on record as saying opinions like the one that you’re putting forward are incorrect. They did not rule there is a plausible genocide. She made that exceptionally clear.

      That she even had to come out and correct the record because of people like you demonstrates just how deeply the propaganda has spread.

      Not to mention the panel didn’t intervene. If it was a genocide wouldn’t they have done something? they intervened in Russia, Ukraine, It’s absolutely within their purview to do so, yet they chose not to.

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        they need protection from genocide as we continue to review evidence

        Yeah really great look for Israel. who continue to do the genocide