Protest
“The students have spoken. The faculty have spoken. Harvard, do you hear us?” graduating senior Shruthi Kumar said.
More than 1,000 people stood up and walked out of the ceremony, chanting “Let them walk” in support of their 13 peers barred from graduation over their pro-Palestine protests.
Benjamin Montemayor’s right testicle swelled to the size of a grapefruit after a cop shot him with a hard-foam projectile, his lawsuit alleges.
Though the tents came down, the protests continued at Columbia and other universities’ graduations.
NYPD Asst. Chief James McCarthy had to have the irritant flushed from his eyes, photos from the scene show.
Demonstrations were held this weekend at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the University of California, and Virginia Commonwealth University.
The “Thrift Shop” rapper stands in solidarity with student protestors on the fiery “Hind’s Hall.”