Well, that didn’t take long.
Not long after college encampments were cleared and buildings seized by nutjobs were retaken, the fires started.
In Portland, Oregon, police officials are launching an investigation into a group named after a pro-Palestinian activist who took responsibility for torching 17 police vehicles.
The group called the “Rachel Corrie’sGhost Bridgade” said the attack was in response to police clearing out protestors in Portland State University’s Millar Library.
From Oregonlive.com:
Also Monday, a group calling itself “Rachel Corrie’s Ghost Brigade” said people had cut through a fence at the bureau’s training facility and set 10 fires in anticipation of a police response at Portland State University’s Millar Library.
A Domestic Terrorist Organization in Portland, Oregon going by “Rachel Corrie’s Ghost Brigade” released a Statement today in which they claimed Responsibility for the Torching of 15 Vehicles belonging to the Portland Police Department on May 1st, in what they claim was a… pic.twitter.com/JIFoRWZwLs
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) May 7, 2024
Meanwhile, the protests are not going anywhere.
They have continued at the University of Chicago.
“Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest!” chants at the University of Chicago as protesters continue to face police following an early morning raid of the pro-Palestine encampment set up on campus pic.twitter.com/9fiMUyn1P9
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) May 7, 2024
Protesters facing off with police at the University of Chicago this morning after officers moved in to clear the pro-Palestine encampment set up on campus pic.twitter.com/mOabU3l2LU
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) May 7, 2024
They are also continuing in NYC:
Pro-Palestine protesters just vandalized a memorial for WWI soldiers and burned an American Flag.
Are you paying attention yet? pic.twitter.com/lPw8irzlyE
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) May 7, 2024
‘Oink oink, piggy piggy. We will make your lives shitty’ Pro-Palestine protestors taunting NYPD pic.twitter.com/P5Cd6KsxMB
— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) May 6, 2024
According to an update by reporter Bill Melugin, UCLA is still struggling, forcing classes to be canceled.
Paying all that tuition to learn remotely? That’s not gonna go over well.
Remarkable that UCLA has been unable to secure its own campus to the point where they have to make this decision. https://t.co/o5Gp50kk1z— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 6, 2024