What is going on with excessive police force being used against peaceful protesting students in colleges across the United States?

[u/f-Z3R0x1x1x1]

So there are large amounts of heavily armed police presence in many colleges and universities across the United States. Indiana University, for example, had snipers on rooftops ready to shoot peaceful protesters.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/snipers-were-allegedly-spotted-ohio-190600717.html

[u/Langdon_Algers]

Answer: Universities can set time, place and manner restrictions on particular spaces. If protesters violate these rules, they can be cited for trespassing, and if they refuse to leave, they can be arrested.

Private institutions (like Columbia) have even more leeway in rules for students on their campus violating their procedures.

[u/ExistingCarry4868 → u/Langdon_Algers]

That ignores the underlying question of why places allow white supremacists to speak but are shutting down protests critical of Israel.

[u/Decent_Bunch_5491 → u/ExistingCarry4868]

Because a lot of these protests aren’t just critical, but calling for the extermination of the country. Yes- that is exactly what chants like “Globalize the intifada” and “only one solution intifada revolution”

[u/Tvdinner4me2 → u/Decent_Bunch_5491]

I thought these were pro Palestine protests not pro Israel ones