"The building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, includes the campus president's office and has been occupied for a week by pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside and fought off an early attempt by the police to remove them. Protesters have since tagged walls and renamed it "Intifada Hall" by ripping off most of the signage on the brick exterior..." -NY Times
[PJMedia.com] The protesters at Columbia University escalated the situation on campus dramatically when several hundred pro-Palestinian students occupied Hamilton Hall, an administration building used by the dean and other school officials. (Screengrab image: via Fox News)
After negotiations (finally) broke down between the students and the administration on Sunday, Columbia's embattled President Nemat "Minouche" Shafik gave the students in the illegal tent encampment until 2:00 a.m. Monday to leave the area.
When the deadline passed, the administration began suspending students with the help of campus police, who passed out notices to dozens of students.
The situation escalated from there. According to Fox News, at about 1:00 a.m., several hundred students entered Hamilton Hall and began barricading the entrances to the building. There were four maintenance workers in the building who were briefly held hostage and allowed to leave a few hours after the takeover.
The nationwide protests on college campuses have now taken a dangerous turn. The occupation of campus buildings began on the West Coast and has swept across the nation. It's a tactic designed to force a confrontation with police.
They are going to get their wish.
The situation at Cal-PolyTech is becoming intolerable.
The building at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, includes the campus president's office and has been occupied for a week by pro-Palestinian protesters who barricaded themselves inside and fought off an early attempt by the police to remove them. Protesters have since tagged walls and renamed it "Intifada Hall" by ripping off most of the signage on the brick exterior... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here
Click Here to continue reading.