The Palestine Solidarity Committee is asking for the resignation of UT President Jay Hartzell in the wake of Wednesday's actions.
AUSTIN, Texas — Pro-Palestinian protests continued at the University of Texas on Thursday, butThere was a noticeably smaller law enforcement presence on campus while hundreds hundreds of students, faculty and supporters from the community rallied together to condemn the actions the university took at Wednesday’s protest.Organizers say that the rally was always intended to be peaceful.
Hadi, a member of the student group Palestine Solidarity Committee, didn’t share his last name due to safety concerns.“The police decided to escalate and bring the state troop, and bring riot gear, and bring batons and mace,” Hadi explained. lacked the proper permits for the event. UT Associate Professor of African Diaspora Studies Pavithra Vasudevan was one of the organizers leading the rally, and says the university met their attempt at a peaceful gathering with violence and took away their first amendment rights.
“The resignation of Jay Hartzell, who has administered and brought these violent forces onto our campus and repressed our student voice and our first amendment to speak,” Raneem said. , for the university to cut ties with businesses that support Israel and to give amnesty to their group. UT Austin protestors do not meet standards to be charged after Wednesday's demonstration
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