• @EndOfLine@lemm.ee
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    637 months ago

    The young man sporting the white mask and a white hoodie in widely shared video clips is Edan On, a local 18-year-old high school senior, his mother confirmed to CNN, though she later said he denies being at UCLA.

    His mother must be so proud 🙄

    “Edan went to bully the Palestinian students in the tents at UCLA and played the song that they played to the Nukhba terrorists in prison!” his mother boasted in Hebrew on Facebook, referencing Hamas. She circled an image of him that had been broadcast on the local news.

    Oh, I guess that she is.

  • ShadowRam
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    237 months ago

    I’m confused.

    Why were non-students allowed to be on UCLA property and allowed to throw things and swing weapons? Does the University not have an obligation to protect its students?

    Sounds like people with $$$ to attend that school, need to take their $$$ somewhere else.

    • AmidFuror
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      87 months ago

      UCLA is a public university, and the grounds are open to the public. Obviously, throwing things and swinging weapons is illegal there, but I wanted to answer the first part of your question.

    • @theareciboincident@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      In North Korea, the security forces have no legal obligation to actually stop crime or protect citizens, even if the incident is happening right in front of them while on duty. They are more concerned with enforcing party principles, protecting oligarchs, and the status quo.

      • Curious Canid
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        17 months ago

        In the US, police also have no obligation to actually stop crime or protect citizens, even if the incident is happening right in front of them while on duty. There have been several court decisions that establish the lack of any police obligation to act.

        It leaves me with the obvious question, given that, why do we continue to pay them? I actually think we need some form of law enforcement, but it becomes increasingly obvious that what we have is nothing like what we need.

  • @Zaktor@sopuli.xyz
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    177 months ago

    Neither did Tom Bibiyan, a 42-year-old who was once a local Green Party official. Bibiyan was stabbed at a KKK rally where he was a counter-protester in 2016 and has since become an ardent Trump supporter.

    …the fuck? Is Nazism injectable?

  • @tearsintherain@leminal.space
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    137 months ago

    Did Jerry Seinfeld’s wife find these violent counter protesters as well? Glad to see researchers are unmasking them, but will there be any criminal charges… Meanwhile israel is funding canary mission to doxx peaceful protesters in order to control all narrative and maintain influence.

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    7 months ago

    I love that the kid came in a mask, obviously thinking that concealing his face was a good idea, then took it off while still in the area with all kinds of cameras going, then his mom bragged on Facebook he was doing the assaulting. Just a wonderful confluence of stupidity.