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Dec. 26, 2024
PRISON GUARD 'BEAT-UP SQUAD’ KILLED ROBERT BROOKS, OPERATED FOR YEARS, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES'S OFFICE KNEW IT
2023 DEPOSITION IN FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUIT WARNED STATE OFFICIALS OF PRISON GUARD ‘BEAT-UP SQUAD’ THAT KILLED ROBERT BROOKS
Mar. 4, 2025
BEHIND THE BARRELS: HOW A MESS HALL BRAWL SPARKED THE WILDCAT STRIKE BY NYS PRISON GUARDS
A MENTALLY-ILL PRISONER WITH A HISTORY OF ATTACKING POLICE APPEARS TO HAVE CATALYZED GUARDS' CONCERN WITH THE HALT ACT
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UPDATED: ZIONIST GROUP TO SPEAK IN NYC'S TIMES SQUARE MONDAY EVENING
ZIONIST ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA PREZ MORT KLEIN STANDS BY HIS USE OF 'FILTHY ARAB', OTHER SPEAKER LIKENED BLACK CRITIC TO MONKEY
MACKLEMORE UNLEASHES PRO-PALESTIAN PROTEST ANTHEM
"HIND'S HALL" ROCKETS ACROSSS THE INTERNET, ISRAELI SINGER EDEN GOLAN BOOED DURING REHEARSAL FOR EUROVISION SONG CONTEST SEMI-FINAL.
NYPD FIRES SHOT, GRENADE INSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY-WHY DIDN’T IT NEGOTIATE?
NYPD PIONEERD MODERN CRISIS NEGOTIATION, HAS A 100-PERSON STRONG TEAM TO DO IT. WHY WEREN'T THEY USED FOR PROTESTERS AT HAMILTON HALL?
PICTURES: AT COURT WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND CUNY PROTESTERS
MARATHON ARRAIGNMENTS END FOR PROTESTERS ARRESTED AT COLUMBIA, CUNY. BATTLE WITH POLICE AT CUNY REVEALED.
282 ARRESTED AS COLUMBIA UNIV UNLEASHES NYPD SWAT TEAM ON PROTESTERS
21 HOURS AFTER STUDENTS PROTESTING FOR PALESTINE OCCUPY HAMILTON HALL, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRES. NEMAT SHAFIK SENDS IN POLICE
COLUMBIA UNIV STUDENTS SEIZE BUILDING, ANTI-WAR PROTESTS ESCALATE
PROTESTERS OCCUPIED HAMILTON HALL, SCENE OF 1968 OCCUPATION AGAINST VIETNAM WAR.
STOP BANKROLLING BOMBS FOR ISRAEL OR BE TRIED FOR WAR CRIMES, FED LAWYERS TELL PRES. JOE BIDEN
ALSO SAY JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MUST INVESTIGATE RETURNING AMERICAN-ISRAEL CITIZENS WHO SERVED IN THE ISRAELI MILITARY FOR WAR CRIMES.
400+ ARRESTS IN 4 STATES: PRO-PALI PROTESTS SPREAD, EVEN IN FACE OF MASS ARRESTS
MORE THAN 400 ARRESTED IN BOSTON, ST. LOUIS, ARIZONA AND INDIANA SINCE FRIDAY. NEW POLL: JOE BIDEN LEAST POPULAR PRESIDENT IN 70 YEARS.
'PHILLY'S GOT OUR BACK,' U PENN STUDENTS SAY AT PRO-PALESTINE PROTEST CAMP, DAY 2
PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST CAMP AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSLYVANIA JOINS SWELLING INTERNATIONAL WAVE OF STUDENT PROTEST
ART WEAPON: CORNELL PRO-PALESTINE STUDENT PROTESTERS DEFEAT CENSORS
OTHER COLLEGES CRACKED-DOWN ON PROTESTS, MORE THAN 400 ARRESTED NATIONWIDE
POLICE TAZE, SHOOT STUDENTS WITH PEPPERBALL GUNS AT EMORY, BOSTON POLICE ARREST 100 AT EMERSON
NATIONAL CRACKDOWN ON PRO-PALESTINIAN STUDENT PROTESTS SPARKS DEMONSTRATIONS WORLDWIDE
TEXAS, CALIFORNIA UNLEASH POLICE, NAT’L PALESTINIAN PROTESTS ACCELERATE
“OVERWHELMING POLICE RESONSE TO … PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION SHOULD BE CONCERNING TO ALL WHO BELIEVE IN OUR CONSTITUTION.”
'ANARCHY' ENGULFS ACADEMIA, NYU HAS NYPD ARREST MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS, AND FACULTY, CALL FOR NAT’L GUARD
NYPD SAYS NO REPORTS OF ASSAULTS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY BUT 'HATEFUL' WORDS SPOKEN AND ISRAELI FLAGS TAKEN, ALLEGEDLY
COLUMBIA FACULTY PROMISE ‘FIGHT’ TO TAKE BACK 'OUR UNIVERSITY'
PROFESSORS JOIN STUDENT REVOLT AFTER PRES. NEMAT SHAFIK SACRIFICES ACADEMIC FREEDOM, ORDERS ARREST OF 108 STUDENT PROTESTERS
COLUMBIA STUDENT REVOLT FOR PALESTINE SPREADS, YALE, HARVARD, PRINCETON, MORE
EXPLODING NATIONAL FIGHT FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM, OTHER COLLEGES JOIN PROTESTS AGAINST ISRAEL'S 'GENOCIDE' AGAINST PALESTINIANS
ISRAEL PROMISES ‘CLEAR AND DECISIVE’ ATTACK ON IRAN; IRAN PLEDGES RESPONSE IN 'SECONDS'
'WE WIL CUT OFF EVERY HAND THAT ATTACKS OUR COUNTRY,' IRAN VOWS.
ISRAEL DELAYS MILITARY RESPONSE TO IRANIAN MISSILE ONSLAUGHT
'YOU GOT A WIN. TAKE THE WIN.' PRES. JOE BIDEN REPORTEDLY URGES ISRAELI LEADER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU AFTER SUCCESFUL DEFENSE
MISSILE STRIKES ON ISRAELI MILITARY BASES BY IRAN LEAVE MIDEAST ON BRINK OF WAR
ISRAEL ASSASSINATES 2 TOP IRANIAN GENERALS, IRAN LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER LONG-RANGE REVENGE ATTACK DIRECTLY FROM IRAN , COMBAT IN SPACE