Police Pepper Spray Anti-Israel Protestors At University Of Michigan, Clear Encampment
As anti-Israel, pro-terrorist, anti-American protestors continue to occupy campuses across the United States, law enforcement is being forced to start employing more serious measures. Early Tuesday morning, police at the University of Michigan deployed pepper spray to clear out an encampment.
This comes on the heels of a statement released by the president of the university, Santa J. Ono.
The statement reads, in part: "When it comes to freedom of speech, the right to assemble, and the right to protest peacefully, the University’s commitment has been, and will remain, unwavering. Particularly on a university campus, where we are educating young people to become thoughtful citizens, the importance of these freedoms cannot be overstated and, at the University of Michigan, we have a proud history of honoring them and will continue to do so.
Anti-Israel, pro-terrorist, anti-American protestors on the campus of the University of Michigan.
(Adam J. Dewey/Anadolu via Getty Images)
"But those rights are not limitless. The university can and must regulate the time, place, and manner of expression to ensure one group’s right to protest does not infringe on the rights of others, endanger our community or disrupt the operations of the university."
The letter goes on to say that the fire marshal performed an inspection of the encampment last week and deemed that if a fire were to break out in or near the encampment, "catastrophic loss of life was likely."
"The fire marshal and Student Life leaders asked camp occupants to remove external camp barriers, refrain from overloading power sources, and stop using open flames. The protesters refused to comply with these requests. That forced the university to take action and this morning, we removed the encampment," the statement continues.
The letter also cited that protestors recently went to the private homes of several University of Michigan regents to protest and demonstrate. At least one posted on X (formerly Twitter) about the incident.
Of course, many people who agree with the anti-Israel, pro-terrorist, anti-American protestors took to social media to complain that they were simply "peacefully protesting." That ignores, of course, the many safety hazards, destruction of property, and infringement of other students' ability to use a public space for nearly a month.
"Peacefully camping." Sounds an awful lot like the "mostly peaceful" protests in the Summer of 2020 that led to thousands of injured Americans and millions of dollars of damaged property.
No matter how the left-wing-extremists try to spin it, most common sense Americans know exactly what these protests are about. And when they break the law, they have to be dealt with. Kudos to the University of Michigan for doing what needed to be done.