City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

Police Pepper-Spray Student Protesters Demanding CCNY Divest from Israel

Students at the City College of New York rallied on campus Thursday to demand their administration divest from Israel and prioritize students’ safety, amid a mounting crackdown on rights across higher education. Students established what they called the Hilmi al-Faqaawi Liberated Zone, a tribute to the slain journalist who was killed when Israel struck a press tent in Khan Younis earlier this month. Campus security and NYPD moved in to suppress …

CUNY Students Pepper Sprayed by Police While Trying to Establish ‘Liberated Zone’ on Campus

"the goal of demonstrators in the liberated liberated zone was to pressure CUNY to disclose its investments and divest from companies profiting off Israel’s war in Gaza"

City College Cops Pepper Spray Students Setting Up ‘Liberated Zone’

The police quickly forced the students off of the CUNY campus in Harlem, and the school is now checking IDs before letting people enter.

Students pepper-sprayed, entrances shut down during pro-Palestine protest at City College — The Campus Magazine

During the chaos surrounding a pro-Palestinian protest and CCNY Public Safety’s response at City College on Thursday, April 24, a group of 10-20 people was pepper-sprayed by a Public Safety officer, entrances to campus were closed, and one CCNY student was arrested.