Presidential Candidate Arrested During Anti-Israel Campus Protest

Far-left Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested on Saturday whereas collaborating in an anti-Israel protest on a college campus in St. Louis, Mo., officers mentioned.

“Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU’s ties to the war on Gaza,” Stein wrote on her X platform account in a post that contained a video clip of the arrest.

According to KSDK-TV, Stein was amongst about 80 individuals who had been arrested on the campus Saturday. She advised the outlet she was charged with assault. She was booked into the jail simply earlier than 7:30 p.m. Saturday and launched at 1:30 a.m. Sunday, KDSK famous.

“I sat a long time sitting alone in a cell, and I had no idea— ‘Did anybody even know I was there?’ I was separated from the group, and I was like, ‘Am I going be there all night or in here for a week?’” she mentioned.

Not surprisingly, Stein claimed that she was the sufferer of assault.

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“I got separated from the rest of the crowd, you know, and actually initially felt like there was a lot of safety in numbers. Then, it turned out I was being charged with assault after being assaulted by an officer on a bicycle and basically thrown onto my head,” she mentioned.

BREAKING: Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis whereas supporting a protest towards WashU’s ties to the struggle on Gaza.
Video from @KallieECox pic.twitter.com/rkUYC9b5Qx

— Dr. Jill Stein🌻 (@DrJillStein) April 28, 2024

The college introduced that each one people arrested shall be charged with trespassing. Furthermore, some protesters may also face expenses of resisting arrest and assault, significantly in reference to accidents sustained by Washington University police.

The protest group at Washington University is demanding that the school drop all expenses and suspensions towards college students who protested towards the establishment. Additionally, they’re calling for a boycott of Boeing, which provides warplanes to each Israel and the United States navy, in addition to a boycott of any Israeli instructional establishments. They are additionally advocating for the return of land to indigenous communities and urging the college to situation an announcement condemning Israel over its struggle towards Hamas.

“We’re here to support the students who are standing up for our highest American values, for our democracy, and for an end to this genocide, which is unacceptable and a blight on this nation,” Stein mentioned previous to her arrest, as reported by Newsweek.

“It must be stopped. The American people want it stopped. That’s what these students are here standing up for,” she mentioned.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, in the meantime, mentioned an announcement from the college blamed among the protest violence on outsiders.

“It quickly became clear through the words and actions of this group that they did not have good intentions on our campus and that this demonstration had the potential to get out of control and become dangerous,” the assertion mentioned.

Earlier this month, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., expressed disagreement with President Joe Biden’s place that the U.S. wouldn’t take part in an offensive operation towards Iran, stating that he would by no means “capitulate to the fringe” of his occasion.

CNN host Jake Tapper requested Fetterman about experiences saying that Biden knowledgeable Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a day earlier that the U.S. would chorus from partaking in any offensive operations towards Iran.

“Do you think that’s the right call or should direct U.S. military action, as some of your colleagues in the Senate are suggesting? Should that be on the table?” Tapper requested.

“I don’t agree with that. I just think we should follow and have Israel back in the situation. I don’t agree with the president. That doesn’t change anything—he‘s a fantastic president. I‘m proud to stand with him, campaign for him, and vote for him,” he responded.

“The president is entitled to his own views and whatever he decides to do. But I would never capitulate to the fringe. I’ll never pander to that as well. In fact, that empowers Hamas and Hamas — they’re actually convinced they’re winning the [public relations] war. And they’re never going to negotiate at this point. They think that they’re going to hold onto the very end,” Fetterman mentioned.

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