Pro-Palestinian demonstrators targeted by apparent stink bomb at Columbia University

[David__77]

A group of demonstrators at Columbia University say they were attacked with a stink bomb during a gathering in support of Palestinians amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The New York Police Department told ABC News there is a report on file for assault after the protesters said they smelled a foul odor and began to feel nauseous, accompanied by headaches, during a protest Friday. The victims refused medical attention at the scene, according to the NYPD.

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Several of the protesters were from the groups Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace, according to posts from the groups on social media.

In a social media post, the Students for Justice in Palestine said "student protesters were sprayed by a chemical weapon" during a "pro-Palestine and anti-genocide" protest. They referred to the attack as a "hate crime" and said several students continued to experience burning eyes and nausea hours after the attack.

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https://abc7ny.com/pro-palestinian-demonstrators-targeted-by-apparent-stink-bomb-at-co/14350652/

[tritsofme]

1. Maybe one of their comrades just forgot to shower again?

It is an oppressive Western/colonial habit, after all!

[David__77]

2. Interesting comment, given that there are lots of people from non-Western countries at these demonstrations.

[tritsofme]

4. They're the ones complaining about the stink, maybe they should be more sensitive to their friends?

[David__77]

11. Non-Western demonstrators deserve respect and should not be the subject of jokes that perpetuate negative stereotypes.

[tritsofme]

13. I agree, these people at the protest are incredibly rude, saying such things of their friends in attendance.

[David__77]

14. So, you're only referring to the protesters other than the ones from non-Western countries?

[tritsofme]

15. Whoever is complaining that their friends are incredibly stinky, I suppose.

I didn’t happen to be there to interview each one.

[OilemFirchen]

5. Bad borscht.

That's what they get for shopping at the Ruble Store.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

6. I know I shouldn't laugh, but..............

[OilemFirchen]

7. It's literally impossible. I tried HARD.

жуткие ублюдки

[ForgedCrank]

8. I'm sitting

here trying my best to not chuckle and hope this turns into a trend

[Calculating]

9. Good

I can't stand these useful idiots.

[David__77]

10. Do you find this to be an acceptable action to take against one's political opponents?

[brooklynite]

20. I don't. I also don't think its acceptable to protest by blocking roads, trains, airports etc.

They have the right to speak. They don't have the right to involve anyone else.

[David__77]

21. I don't believe this protest involved those things.

Also, sometimes, the road is occupied consistent with a permit.

[brooklynite]

22. And sometimes its not.

[TheKentuckian]

12. Hamas superfriends and antisemitic Nazis finally got a whiff the bullshit

they are flinging and/or the wages of not washing their nasty asses has finally come home to roost and there wasn't a convenient Jew or maybe a black person to blame so the solution was more lies.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

16. It's a little more than a stink bomb.

https://dimse.info/skunk/

“Skunk” is a malodorant, non-lethal weapon used for crowd control. The liquid’s strong odor is marketed as an improvement over other crowd control weapons (CCWs) such as rubber bullets and tear gas. Skunk” is dispersed as a form of yellow mist, fired from a water cannon, which leaves a powerful odor similar to rot or sewage on whatever it touches. Skunk is also sold in handheld canisters and in grenades which can be thrown or fired as projectiles.

The company later marketed Skunk to law enforcement agencies worldwide, specifically American local police departments. Several US police departments, including the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, purchased it.

In 2017 the Israeli Newspaper reported: Skunk is liable to cause physical harm, such as intense nausea, vomiting and skin rashes, in addition to any injury resulting from the powerful force of the spray. Examinations by police and army medical teams in the past also indicated that the excessive coughing caused by exposure can result in suffocation”.

[David__77]

17. I don't know that they were using that specific chemical.

If so, that would be notable. Regardless, it constitutes physical assault. While it is hardly equivalent to the shootings of three young men wearing keffiyehs it is assault nonetheless.

[Chautauquas]

18. The people celebrating this nonsense

right here on DU would be all offended and angry if the same thing happened to a group they supported.

[David__77]

19. I think some people consider this type of assault is acceptable depending on target.

And in other cases would consider it a criminal assault worthy of prosecution.