Police move in, shut down pro-Palestinian protest at Stony Brook University
Law enforcement began clearing an area outside the Staller Center of pro-Palestinian demonstrators and took at least 30 into custody.
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Law enforcement began clearing an area outside the Staller Center of pro-Palestinian demonstrators and took at least 30 into custody.
JOCELYN CRUZ/THE STATESMAN Newspaper headlines from over 100 years ago showing anti-Asian rhetoric and policies in America flashed across the screen. A minute later, television news reports from the past year about violence and harassment against Asian-Americans echoed the messages from nearly a century ago. The scene shifted to the voices of a dozen Asian and Pacific Islander students at Stony Brook University. “I have been discriminated against,” one student said, “I have been verbally harassed,” said another. “Because of my racial identity,” they said in unison. Even more voi...