jonny (good kind)You wont believe the number of stormtroopers theyre deploying against unarmed students unless you see it. This is just one side: at least 7 police departments with at least two layers at every point of egress, with several layers in back for rear control and rotation. They've got the army out against your kids for having the audacity to do whatever they can to stop a genocide
This police state is your police state. This police state stands between you and any brighter future you might imagine. This fight is your fight
Ryan Randall@jonny Furthermore, this particular campus was designed as a series of chokepoints in the wake of 1960s student uprisings.
Its campus design highlights how much of the last 60+ years of American built space is a physical apparatus for the police state & social control.
Frank Bennett 🇯🇵@ryanrandall @jonny That's ... interesting. Because the Japanese campus from which I retired a couple of years ago (Nagoya University) had a central quad with planters arranged with exactly that aim, and in response to Vietnam war protests. (They're no ripping it up for a new building.)
OTOH the earlier protests lead to an agreement with the police that they would not enter campus grounds. Unlikely to hold if there were serious protests, but still important symbolism.