U VA Under Fascist Police Raid Currently 5/4 – Added Vid Guns Pointed @ Students on Anniversary of Kent State Massacre – Guns Enforcing Policy Enacted on Same Day!

UVA appears to have unilaterally changed policy on tents *this morning* to help justify calling upon the police to arrest protestors.
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UVA is in Charlottesville, where neo-Nazis chanted “Jews will not replace us” unabated in 2017. https://t.co/mznd8sDuuD pic.twitter.com/XKWhIEJVox

— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) May 4, 2024

You cannot make this shit up. We’ve just learned that at *literally the same time* the Virginia State Police was macing and beating students, the UVA President’s Office was sponsoring a conference celebrating student activism. pic.twitter.com/aGG2v9Owy2

— Levi Vonk (@VonkLevi) May 5, 2024

Virginia State Police pointing guns directly at us on the anniversary of the Kent State Massacre pic.twitter.com/QGUyoz2eDe

— Levi Vonk (@VonkLevi) May 4, 2024

HAPPENING NOW: About 40 police officers have surrounded the Gaza encampment. The situation has escalated since protesters set up tents and started using megaphones, in violation of policy articulated by University administrators.

One protestor has been dragged off by police.

— The Cavalier Daily (@cavalierdaily) May 4, 2024

📍University of Virginia

Virginia State Police, in full riot gear, are cracking down on the UVA Gaza solidarity encampment. Pepper spray has been liberally deployed. Get down there and support your comrades now! Free Palestine! pic.twitter.com/TlVUQqaK5E

— National Students for Justice in Palestine (@NationalSJP) May 4, 2024

In this video you can see one man being taken to the ground by Virginia State Police and another being tear-gassed. @29NewsWVIR pic.twitter.com/eVE46mbAoY

— Anahita Jafary (@anahitajafary_) May 4, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: VSP forcing protestors away from the encampment with pepper spray and tear gas. Lots of physical altercations. @29NewsWVIR pic.twitter.com/Zv6HonL14w

— Maggie Glass (@maggieglass08) May 4, 2024