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In this picture, University of Texas police (UTPD) officers are pinning a protester on the concrete sidewalk and zip-tying them.
Manoo Sirivelu | The Daily Texan, University of Texas at Austin
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/may/02/university-protests-gaza-student-pictures
@photography
#UniversityOfTexas
#students
#police
#arrest
‘I was lying on the ground beside a wall of cops’: student photographers’ best images of the campus protests
Nine photojournalists from across the US tell the stories behind their most powerful shots, as pro-Palestinian protesters face police crackdownsGail Fletcher (The Guardian)
For now, #Biden is taking a hands-off posture toward the unrest & has no plans to step up his involvement in escalating clashes between #police & #protesters, WH & campaign advisers said, even as #Trump looks to capitalize on the issue.
Biden's view is that it’s up to #university ldrs to decide how to cope w/campus #demonstrations….
#FreedomOfAssembly #FirstAmendment
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-tries-paint-college-campus-anti-israel-protests-biden-political-rcna150253
Trump tries to paint college campus anti-Israel protests as a Biden political liability
Joe Biden’s advisers believe that tensions over U.S. support for Israel in the war in Gaza spreading through college campuses will soon flame out.Peter Nicholas (NBC News)
#Trump says #police raid on university #protesters 'beautiful to watch'
Trump, at a rally in Waukesha, #Wisconsin, called for tougher action against campus protests & again suggested some of the protesters were paid actors. He called on college presidents to “remove the encampments immediately, vanquish the locals & take back our campuses for all of the normal students.”
#Protests #CollegeProtests #Israel #Gaza #Palestinians
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-heads-wisconsin-michigan-after-being-hit-with-gag-order-fine-2024-05-01/
The union representing 3,000 grad student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against USC to end campus militarization and drop charges against students and faculty arrested in Pro-Palistinian protests there.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/5/1/usc_police_arrests_student_protests_gaza
#freepalestine #EndTheOccupation #usc #students #UniversityProtests #workingclass #union #solidarity #police #policebrutality
USC Grad Student Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University over Arrests
As protests continue on campuses across North America, we go to the University of Southern California, where the union representing about 3,000 graduate student workers at USC has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the school to end campus…Democracy Now!
“When members of the public are engaged in a peaceful #protest in a public space—assuming they are not obstructing traffic, or disrupting campus activities—there is very little legal basis for law enforcement to demand they leave.”
From yesterday: A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals on campus. https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-dps-palestine-first-amendment/
#FreeSpeech #UTAustin #Palestine #activism #Austin #Texas #police #StudentSpring
Did Texas Police Violate First Amendment Rights of Pro-Palestine Protesters?
A UT professor and expert on freedom of expression weighs in on the controversial arrests of 57 individuals, including a journalist, at a campus demonstration.Francesca D’Annunzio (The Texas Observer)
This is not Iran or China. It's Austin, Texas:
#texas #journalism #democracy #fediverse #usa #america #campusprotest #columbia #mit #police
Statements on today's #police violence against peaceful protesters at the UT #Austin campus. Ryan Alter is on Austin City Council. Jeremi Suri is Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and married to Austin City Council member Alison Alter.
#Palestine #Texas #activism #police
Per the Austin American Statesman, at least 20 arrests at today's protest for #Palestine on the UT #Austin campus. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2024/04/24/ut-austin-campus-student-protest-arrest-pro-palestine-protests-walk-out/73425149007/
UT-Austin students hold pro-Palestinian protest on campus, at least 20 protesters arrested
UT Police spokesperson and UT's spokespeople did not respond to questions about why the protest was told to disperse given the peaceful march., Austin American-Statesman (Austin American-Statesman)
“HAPPENING NOW: #Police are arresting hundreds of American Jews with [Jewish Voice for Peace and other Jewish advocacy groups] as they hold an emergency #Passover seder at [Senator Schumer’s] doorstep demanding the US stop arming and funding the Israeli government as it carries out a #genocide.” #protest #FreePalestine #NYC #Democrats #Israel
https://x.com/jvplive/status/1782932433962144049?s=46&t=521hINbbUzSBIUxrCF_rbg
to me, #biometric unlocking, is unsafe, you see a lot of unauthorised unlocking from restrained, sleeping, dead, or drunken people from either face or fingerprint to unlock a device.
it was established a few years ago that law enforcement in the usa do not need a warrant for biometric unlocking, but need warrant if a password is enabled, to unlock a device.
#phone #thumbprint #court #usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance
Cops can force suspect to unlock #phone with #thumbprint, US #court rules
#usa #justice #privacy #security #smartphone #mobile #technology #news #police #surveillance
Cops can force suspect to unlock phone with thumbprint, US court rules
Ruling: Thumbprint scan is like a "blood draw or fingerprint taken at booking."Ars Technica