Arrested. Injured. Suspended. Six NYC university students say they'll keep protesting

Pro-Palestinian students locked arms as they braced for New York Police Department officers to raid Columbia University's campus to dismantle encampments and remove protesters from Hamilton Hall on April 30.Pro-Palestinian students locked arms as they braced for New York Police Department officers to raid Columbia University's campus to dismantle encampments and remove protesters from Hamilton Hall on April 30.

Several blocks north, Bashir Juwara arrived at the City College of New York driven by a similar sense of responsibility. He's the student body president at Hunter College, another campus within the City University of New York system. Hunter students were participating in the pro-Palestinian encampment at City College, and as their president, Juwara wanted to show support.

Student protesters insist that being critical of Israel does not make their movement antisemitic. And they say that accusation is aimed at tarnishing a peaceful anti-war movement. "You know, I have a lot of things to contribute to this movement, but physical might is not one of them. So, at no point did I fight back. At no point did I resist. But it didn't matter. The best way I can describe it is that feeling when you're at the beach and you get hit by a wave that makes it so that you are no longer in control of your body. When they approached us, it was immediately using batons and shields to break us apart, as well as fists and arms.

iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1251915545/1252290118" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> "I was just not really seeing where I belonged in the movement. I was worried that I wouldn't bring anything to it. I was kind of having an existential crisis. And then I saw a video online, just like many of the videos I've seen over the past seven months, of children brutally bombed and murdered by Israel. And something just clicked in my mind and I realized that I could give a little bit more and I could risk a little bit more.

"I actually had a conversation with the cop that arrested me. He was asking, is it really worth it? I said, is it really worth it? Is that a genuine question that you asked? But then I described to him why I did what I did, because I believe that students should be protected. Students should have a right to peaceful protests and assembly. It's their constitutional rights.

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