University of Wisconsin students protest the arrest of student, deface Lincoln statue

[lil billy]

http://fox6now.com/2016/04/21/arrest-of-black-student-sparks-rally-at-university-of-wisconsin/

MADISON —

Hundreds of University of Wisconsin-Madison students, joined by a handful of faculty members, occupied a campus library Thursday to disrupt its studious atmosphere in protest of a graffiti-related arrest.

Denzel McDonald, also known as "King Shabazz," D)was arrested when police escorted him from class last week.

“King didn’t learn cuz of y’all; y’all ain’t gonna learn cuz of me!” protesters chanted as they filled the circulation area of College Library, spilling into an adjacent café.

“This is our library, fuck white supremacy,” Alix Shabazz, a member of Young, Gifted and Black Coalition, led the chant.

The purpose of the protest was to interrupt the learning of other students, just as “King” was prevented from learning when police confronted him in a class, organizer Alix Shabazz said later.

Hundreds of demonstrators were rallying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to protest the arrest of a black student accused of spraying provocative graffiti messages around campus.

“Fuck the police,” “White supremacy iz a dizeaze,” “Death to the pigz,” and “The devil iz a white man,” were just a few of the many messages McDonald allegedly painted.

other follow-ups:
https://badgerherald.com/news/2016/...ghout-campus-protest-denzel-mcdonalds-arrest/
https://badgerherald.com/news/2016/04/21/hundreds-protest-arrest-of-uw-student-on-campus/

 

[jefferz]

 

[tdko]

Fuckkkkkkk this.

 

[Bloody Pulp]

Someone shoop out "- God" and replace it with "-Kenny Florian."

 

[Burning Hammer]

Well.. Why was he arrested?

 

[uncommon]

Is poverty culture meeting a conflicting reality in droves due to ease of college attainment?

Was the culture incubated in ignorance, and this is the first time a different point of veiw has been identified?

Or is the congregation of low hanging fruit developing some sort of herd mentality?

 

[7437]

White supremacy is in a very basic sense not a crime. " Art" is if you are putting it on something you dont own though.

 

[Vitamin C]

Not concerned about the cost to the school for the remediation of the graffiti though I suppose. Those are costs that the school would not have needed to pay and so could, however marginally, impact other students experience.

 

[gigantalor]

White supremacy is in a very basic sense not a crime. " Art" is if you are putting it on something you dont own though.

"ART IZ NOT A CRIME!"

 

[7437]

"ART IZ NOT A CRIME!"

It should be though

 

[gigantalor]

It should be though

Yeah, those people are idiots. This is absurd. And what's with the BLM banner? Like his rights to vandalize are being violated?

 

[unomas]

A statement from the chancellor that was posted on the University website and Facebook page. Read it and let your jaw hit the floor....

http://news.wisc.edu/statement-of-chancellor-rebecca-blank/

 

[7437]

A statement from the chancellor that was posted on the University website and Facebook page. Read it and let your jaw hit the floor....

http://news.wisc.edu/statement-of-chancellor-rebecca-blank/

Your jaw must hit the floor a lot if that statement was all it took. She basically said nothing. Maybe you should go find a safe space.

 

[Bald1]

White supremacy is in a very basic sense not a crime. " Art" is if you are putting it on something you dont own though.

Logic is racist, and a tool of oppression used by the white man. Or so I heard.

No word of a lie.

 

[dontsnitch]

As long as they didn't write anything in chalk, it should be fine.

 

[superpunch]

lol @ defacing a statue of the guy that got him out of slavery. how is this guy smart enough to be in college?

 

[jefferz]

"ART IZ NOT A CRIME!"

When you do it to someone else's property it is.

 

[unomas]

Your jaw must hit the floor a lot if that statement was all it took. She basically said nothing. Maybe you should go find a safe space.

Her statement defended the student/criminal in the situation. I don't need a safe space, the chancellor sets the safe space environment at the University which is disgusting. PC culture needs to stop and it starts at the top. Reading comprehension....try it.

 

[spin]

A statement from the chancellor that was posted on the University website and Facebook page. Read it and let your jaw hit the floor....

http://news.wisc.edu/statement-of-chancellor-rebecca-blank/

Seriously? That was about as appropriate as you can get.

There are procedures of when to interrupt class and when not to, so let them review and see if it was properly done.

That doesn't seem like that's what the protest is about, so fuck them, but the chancellor's response is fine.

 

[Juventud]

It should be though

Post-modern definitely should be.