White House Urges 'Peaceful' Campus Protests After Hundreds Arrested

Fuente: International Business Times

Pro-Palestinian protesters stand in front of a police barricade after police raided an encampment at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 27, 2024 AFP The White House insisted Sunday that pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked US universities in recent weeks must remain peaceful, after police arrested around 275 people on four separate campuses over the weekend. "We certainly respect the right of peaceful protests," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told ABC's "This Week. "But, he added, "we absolutely condemn the anti-Semitism language that we've heard of late and certainly condemn all the hate speech and the threats of violence out there.