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The Guardian - US
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Lois Beckett

‘They’re sending a message’: harsh police tactics questioned amid US campus protest crackdowns

Police line up with black armor, helmets and clubs at the ready.
New Hampshire state police at Dartmouth College on 1 May 2024. Photograph: James M Patterson/AP

More than 1,400 people have been arrested across the US during a week of intense police crackdowns on a sprawling campus movement of pro-Palestine student demonstrations.

As Joe Biden defended students’ free speech rights but warned them that “dissent must never lead to disorder”, colleges across the country brought law enforcement to campus to arrest dozens or even hundreds of protesters and clear away their encampments.

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