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Student protests against Israel ’s war in Gaza have occurred at many U.S. college and university campuses.
University and college administrators have responded to the student protest by authorizing the police to use a range of means including rubber bullets, pepper spray and tear gas.
Alex Vitale : "The university administrators are facing a real legitimacy crisis. They're preventing dissent".
A senior New York City police officer held up a book about "terrorism" that was found in the Columbia library as "proof" that "outside agitators" were involved in the protests.
The police are not a neutral force who are there to enforce the law, says Julian Zelizer .
Zelizer: Police are politically motivated actors. That fact shapes how the police do what they do, and how they talk to the public.
Tenured faculty have been more willing to speak out, but they are divided in their opinions about what is happening in Gaza .
Where we have seen more unity is in opposition to the criminalization of dissent on college campuses.
There have been significant walkouts, grading actions, and letters of protest.
There are supporters of President Biden in the news media and political class who argue that these protests are undermining his chances of reelection.
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