You have the right to assembly, not the right to trespass anywhere you want at any time.
They could get a permit to protest on public grounds like parks, and would be protected by the law. But that doesn’t grab media attention, so they choose to be civilly unruly in their protests. It grabs attention far better, at greater risk to themselves.
Edit - downvoters, what exactly do you think I got wrong in the above statement?
Were you not alive during the BLM protests? They had plenty of permits and it didn’t stop cops from shooting out their eyes and kicking them out.
A permit means nothing now since nobody respects it from police to judges. There is no form of legal protest in public anymore. That’s why you’re being downvoted.
Not sure on the specifics of the Yale protest, but the Columbia protestors were protesting in the designated “free speech” protest area that campus has. They are students protesting exactly where the school told them to, they just don’t like the anti genocide message.
You have the right to assembly, not the right to trespass anywhere you want at any time.
They could get a permit to protest on public grounds like parks, and would be protected by the law. But that doesn’t grab media attention, so they choose to be civilly unruly in their protests. It grabs attention far better, at greater risk to themselves.
Edit - downvoters, what exactly do you think I got wrong in the above statement?
Were you not alive during the BLM protests? They had plenty of permits and it didn’t stop cops from shooting out their eyes and kicking them out.
A permit means nothing now since nobody respects it from police to judges. There is no form of legal protest in public anymore. That’s why you’re being downvoted.
Not sure on the specifics of the Yale protest, but the Columbia protestors were protesting in the designated “free speech” protest area that campus has. They are students protesting exactly where the school told them to, they just don’t like the anti genocide message.