Forty-one students arrested, booked within University Hall following second sit-in demanding divestment, ceasefire

[Mosby]

This happened at Brown University:

Providence Police Department and Brown Department of Public Safety officers arrested and booked all 41 students from Brown Divest Coalition who occupied University Hall this afternoon to demand that President Christina Paxson support divestment from “Israeli military occupation” and call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Law enforcement first entered University Hall at 5:17 p.m. The Herald received confirmation from BDC Spokesperson Carla Humphris ’24 that the students were booked inside University Hall under trespassing charges.

“To expedite the process and avoid processing arrests in two locations, Brown DPS arranged with the Providence Police Department to conduct all arrest processing on-site in University Hall,” University Spokesperson Brian Clark wrote in a statement to The Herald. Students were “photographed, fingerprinted and provided their arrest paperwork in lieu of being detained in physical custody.”

“The disruption to secure buildings is not acceptable, and the University is prepared to escalate the level of criminal charges for future incidents of students occupying secure buildings,” Clark added.

https://www.browndailyherald.com/article/2023/12/forty-one-students-currently-being-arrested-booked-inside-university-hall-following-second-sit-in

[stopdiggin]

1. "students occupying secure buildings"

'protest' has never provided immunity from sanctions for illegal behavior.
i.e., 'arrest'.
(and I'm always surprised that so many people seem to be unaware of this .. )

Trespass, after verbal warning to leave/disburse - will get you an arrest. That's just how it works. These individuals were not mistreated in any fashion whatsoever.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Reminds me of students against South Africa.

[redqueen]

4. Same. Glad we didn't have anti-boycott laws back then

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218517666

[dsc]

7. The Greensboro sit ins did not block access to other users

in point of fact, the whole point of them was to have the other users there as well in a desegregated environment.

[obamanut2012]

6. Yup, we did this at Duke in the 80s

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. That's quite a school to prison pipeline

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. I'm very aware, I was being jocular.

Booking them on campus took away any embarrassing optics anyway.

[LeftInTX]

9. At Brown University? This is a go to court and pay the fine crowd.

Lots of trust babies at Brown.