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33 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Dunn Meadow encampment Thursday (www.idsnews.com)

submitted 4 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/indiana@midwest.social

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They were arrested for just being there. This is absolute bullshit. In the 90s, there was a protest camp there against the Gulf War that was there 24/7. I know because I was in it sometimes, helping to cook food and do other things to keep it a place to live in.

In the 80s, there was a semi-permanent shantytown there to protest South African apartheid.

This is utter bullshit.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

33 anti-genocide protesters arrested at Dunn Meadow encampment Thursday

Fixed

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Believe me, if I could have done that in the title, I sure as hell would have. This is absolutely unacceptable.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

It's a play on words purposefully used by the US media in order to frame the protests as a versus. "If it's pro-palestine then it must be anti-israel." I've seen Canadian articles that call them "Gaza protests", which is far more accurate.

[–] gimpchrist@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't you know? You're not allowed to protest anymore unless you have permits haha

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

So fucking nuts. Dunn Meadow has a long history of hosting student protests. My dad was a professor and he told me about the anti-Vietnam protests there in the 60s when students occupied the park.