Dozens detained during pro-Palestinian protest on Ohio State's campus
OVER THE WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT KEVIN, THANKS SO MUCH. WELL, PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS CLASHED WITH POLICE AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. DOZENS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED AND OHIO’S GOVERNOR, MIKE DEWINE IS RESPONDING. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S GIACOMO LUCA HAS THE LATEST NOW FROM THE OSU CAMPUS IN COLUMBUS. WELL, OHIO’S GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE RESPONDING TONIGHT SAYING HE BELIEVES OSU IS DOING A GOOD JOB OF BALANCING BOTH SAFETY ON CAMPUS WHILE WORKING TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST. BUT MUSLIM GROUPS DISAGREE. YOU ARE TO LEAVE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY. JUST HOURS AFTER DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED ON CAMPUS THURSDAY NIGHT, POLICE ORDERING PROTESTERS TO LEAVE AND ARRESTING THOSE WHO REFUSED FOR TRESPASSING. A UNIVERSITY SPOKESPERSON CITING RULES BARRING OVERNIGHT EVENTS. 36 ARRESTED, 16 WERE STUDENTS, 20 WERE NOT. MEANWHILE, THE GROUP’S REPRESENTING OSU’S JEWISH STUDENTS, REACTING AS WELL, SAYING, QUOTE, STUDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTEST, BUT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RIGHT TO INTIMIDATE OR THREATEN JEWISH STUDENTS. THEY URGE OSU TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE ANYONE WHO THREATENS THE SAFETY OF JEWISH STUDENTS OR ANYONE ON CAMPUS. MEANWHILE, THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS, OHIO, CONDEMNING POLICE ACTIONS LAST NIGHT AS REPRESSIVE IN A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, IT IS ALARMING TO RECEIVE REPORTS OF PROTESTERS HAVING THEIR HIJABS RIPPED OFF AND BEING ARRESTED WHILE IN PRAYER. MUSLIM STUDENTS ARE NOT JUST FEELING UNSAFE ON CAMPUS, BUT BEING ACTIVELY CRIMINALIZED. THEY DEMAND OSU DO MORE TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH ON CAMPUSES HERE IN FRONT OF THE STUDENT UNION WHERE THOSE PROTESTS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, IT REMAINS ODDLY CALM HERE ON CAMPUS TODAY. THERE’S NO WORD YET ON WHETHER OR NOT ANY PROTESTS ARE SCHEDULED THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN COLUMBUS. GIACOMO LUCA, WLWT NEWS FIVE. AND THAT’S JUST ONE OF A SERIES OF SIMILAR PROTESTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ALL ACROSS AMERICA. WE’RE LEARNING UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OUT IN L.A. HAS CANCELED GRADUATION CEREMONIES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DETER UNREST.
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Dozens detained during pro-Palestinian protest on Ohio State's campus
Dozens of people were detained on Ohio State University's campus as police tried to break up a pro-Palestinian protest Thursday night. The protests occurred near the student union center around 11 p.m.Just hours after demonstrators gathered on campus, police ordered protestors to leave and arrested those who refused for trespassing. A university spokesperson cited rules barring overnight events. Thirty six people were arrested, including 16 students.The group representing Ohio State's Jewish students reacted on Friday."Students have a right to protest, but they do not have the right to intimidate or threaten Jewish students. It is dangerous for protestors to shout, “We don’t want no Zionists here,” directly targeting the vast majority of Jews who have a deep connection to Israel. We appreciate the OSU administration and law enforcement holding violators accountable to keep Jewish students, and all students, safe. The safety of Jewish students is our most important priority," OSU Hillel CEO Naomi Lamb in a statement.They are urging Ohio State to hold accountable anyone who threatens the safety of Jewish students and everyone on campus. The Council on American-Islamic Relations Ohio condemned police actions on Thursday night as repressive in a statement."It is alarming to receive reports of protesters having their hijabs ripped off and being arrested while in prayer, Muslim students are not just feeling unsafe on campus, but being actively criminalized," CAIR-Ohio Outreach Director Victoria Hickcox said. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine responded to the protest on Friday, saying that he believes Ohio State University has done a good job balancing the need to enforce rules on safety with the right to peacefully protest.
COLUMBUS, Ohio —
Dozens of people were detained on Ohio State University's campus as police tried to break up a pro-Palestinian protest Thursday night.
The protests occurred near the student union center around 11 p.m.
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Just hours after demonstrators gathered on campus, police ordered protestors to leave and arrested those who refused for trespassing. A university spokesperson cited rules barring overnight events.
Thirty six people were arrested, including 16 students.
The group representing Ohio State's Jewish students reacted on Friday.
"Students have a right to protest, but they do not have the right to intimidate or threaten Jewish students. It is dangerous for protestors to shout, “We don’t want no Zionists here,” directly targeting the vast majority of Jews who have a deep connection to Israel. We appreciate the OSU administration and law enforcement holding violators accountable to keep Jewish students, and all students, safe. The safety of Jewish students is our most important priority," OSU Hillel CEO Naomi Lamb in a statement.
They are urging Ohio State to hold accountable anyone who threatens the safety of Jewish students and everyone on campus.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations Ohio condemned police actions on Thursday night as repressive in a statement.
"It is alarming to receive reports of protesters having their hijabs ripped off and being arrested while in prayer, Muslim students are not just feeling unsafe on campus, but being actively criminalized," CAIR-Ohio Outreach Director Victoria Hickcox said.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine responded to the protest on Friday, saying that he believes Ohio State University has done a good job balancing the need to enforce rules on safety with the right to peacefully protest.
