So you were one of the 20 Arizona State University students arrested for participated in unlawfully taking over part of your college campus, disrupting activities there, defacing property and proudly screaming out chants protesting non-existent Israeli genocide, in favor of hamas, a terrorist group that is openly genocidal.
That arrest was Lesson #1
Now, here’s lesson #2, via Ben Brown’s article for ABC news/Arizona:
TEMPE, AZ — A U.S. District judge denied a motion Friday for a preliminary injunction to lift the suspension for 20 Arizona State University students who were arrested for trespassing during Pro-Palestine protests last week at the campus.
The decision solely focused on whether a preliminary injunction, or temporary restraining order would be granted, it did not address the trespassing charges.
The lawsuit was filed against the Arizona Board of Regents in federal court on Tuesday, accusing ASU of violating students’ free speech rights and retaliating against students who attended the protest.
That is Lesson #2: the fact that, in some places (though not New York City, sadly/pathetically – more on this in the next blog), the legal system actually might hold you accountable for your actions.
Now these students – or should I say ex-students – have to sweat out the possibility that further legal actions on their behalf will meet the same fate. Meanwhile, they’re out.
The biggest lesson, however, is yet to come. That will be when they try to get jobs later on (assuming they go into something other than radical activism) and are rejected by companies that, having seen this arrest record and the reasons for it, want no part of them.
The Anarchy Blues: they’ve just begun.
Pardon me if I’m not sympathetic.
