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JustZ , to Not The Onion in Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

What a shitty headline.

It's a suspension pending hearing. Happens all the time.

They're used for a whole host of reasons including things way less serious than taking a gun to school.

Article chose to paint it this way for clicks and outrage bait.

lettruthout ,

Some of those facing punishment, including 40 students at UC San Diego, were slapped with “interim suspension” notices following mass arrests at protest encampments. But many others who avoided arrest face the same penalty for reasons that are far less clear.
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“You very rarely see these interim suspension cases,” said Sukham Sidhu, who heads of the Office of Student Advocacy at UC San Diego and has spent her undergraduate career representing peers through campus disciplinary proceedings. “The only times I’ve seen it imposed are in cases of physical assault.”

JustZ ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

Physical assault = bringing an assault rifle to campus? In your mind?

That quote is doing some heavy lifting.

Interim suspensions are a universal thing in colleges. Every college has them. They are used all the time. Cheating. Sexual harassment. Threats.

Repeat violations is a big one. You know, like if the dean or police come bye and tell you to please remove your illegal campsite for the University grounds, and you refuse to do it day in and day out?

S_204 ,

And it worked LoL. The simpletons are frothing over the bait. There's video of one of the protesters at UCLA literally pulling a gun on a guy they thought was pro Israel....but wasn't LoL he was there to join. He's been doing pretty funny interviews about it, doesn't seem like the brightest light.

motor_spirit , to Not the Onion in Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus

gotta bring the strap next time so the pigs know you're kin! Good network op

S'all the same in the end anyway 🤙🌊

glomag , to Not The Onion in Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus

If they're going to get the same suspension either way, they might as well..........

isles ,

Fast track to double secret probation!

ironhydroxide , to Not The Onion in Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus

This is proof that those making the decisions fear protest to the same level as they fear long guns.

One they should fear much less, the other much more.

What a timeline.

uberdroog ,
@uberdroog@lemmy.world avatar

It's the combination they are afraid of

dual_sport_dork ,
@dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, that seems like the obvious response to me. Want to pretend like we're armed? Okay, now we're armed.

Liz ,

I have said it before, I will say it again: these protesters need to start peacefully carrying rifles en masse. When they do, we will start to find they won't get attacked by the police or counter protesters anymore.

Maeve ,

Weapons kill bodies; protests kill corporate ideology.

Alatarius , to Not The Onion in Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus

This is paywalled for me

AtariDump ,
foggy , to Not The Onion in Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus

🤔

That...

That can't be good.

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