Following the strong reaction to the Israel-Hamas war across the country, some Virginia colleges and universities are still responding to last week’s series of on-campus demonstrations that resulted in dozens of students’ arrests and lingering questions about upcoming graduation ceremonies. Some of the most notable Virginia protests that led to arrests occurred at the University of […] The post More than 125 arrested at four Virginia universities amid nationwide protests over Israel-Hamas war ap
Following the strong reaction to the Israel-Hamas war across the country, some Virginia colleges and universities are still responding to last week’s series of on-campus demonstrations that resulted in dozens of students’ arrests and lingering questions about upcoming graduation ceremonies.
Six students at Virginia Commonwealth University were among the 13 people arrested by police Monday evening on VCU’s campus outside the James Branch Cabell Library during an antiwar, pro-Palestine protest and encampment focused on the ongoing conflict in Gaza, Palestine.
As Gov. Glenn Youngkin backs law enforcement officers who broke up protest encampments on Virginia college campuses, a number of Virginia Democrats assert that officers have gone too far.