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In the early morning hours of November 7, more than 12 police officers showed up outside at an address in Springfield, Virginia, knocked, broke down the door, and raided the family home of two Palestinian American students at George Mason University.

University and Fairfax County police refused to show the family the warrant. One Fairfax County detective with the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force — cross-designated as a local and federal agent — was also present. The family and Mason faculty supporting them, however, believe they know what the FBI-led investigation was about: the young family members’ pro-Palestine activism.

Two of the Palestinian American family’s daughters attend George Mason. One is an undergraduate student and the co-president of Mason’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine. The other is in a master’s program at Mason and a former president of the school’s SJP chapter.

In short order, the school’s SJP chapter was suspended. Soon after, George Mason Police Chief Carl Rowan Jr. served the sisters with criminal trespass notices barring them from campus for four years — meaning that they can no longer continue their education

The severe moves against the family and the school’s SJP chapter are part of the latest wave of the crackdown against campus Palestine solidarity protests. As Israel’s war and demonstrations against it have dragged into a second year, the repression of Gaza protests continues to derail students’ education and ensnare them in disciplinary and court proceedings over activism on campus.

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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

It's much more important for these wackos to stop anti-genocide graffiti than to stop supporting genocide.

Just surveillance state things. Feds coming at you for believing the wrong thing. Unless the FBI is the new graffiti task force, it was always more about what they think than what they did.

[–] Shawdow194@fedia.io 8 points 6 hours ago

In short order, the school’s SJP chapter was suspended. Soon after, George Mason Police Chief Carl Rowan Jr. served the sisters with criminal trespass notices barring them from campus for four years — meaning that they can no longer continue their education

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 32 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

They seem a lot more proactive about graffiti than they were about the January 6 insurrection.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

... Or the ongoing genocide in palestine that they support.

[–] HorreC@lemmy.world 29 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I would love to see the federal laws on graffiti. I mean I know the FBI has nothing better to do, but I would think non destructive vandalism would be very under say, paying minors to have sex with you like some reports they would have access too would show.

[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 11 points 8 hours ago

Graffiti is terrifying!

Otherwise the joint terrorism task farce and FBI wouldn't have had to do terrorism.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

The jackbooted thugs of fascism are already here, paving the way for the Trump regime and defending the Netanyahu regime from every attempt at accountability 🤬

[–] jonne@infosec.pub 3 points 2 hours ago

They were happy to do it under Biden, almost as if Democrats gave up any pretense of being pro civil rights. There's a bipartisan consensus on Israel, stuff like Cop City, and letting border patrol do whatever they want.