Reality is different than fantasy. The New York Mayor asked parents to please ask their students to avoid these conflicts. The university president told students to shelter in place, yet those that didn’t openly state they ran to demonstrate regardless of any cost to them personally.
This student was not in touch with reality. Darling child that you are, this is the reality of jail cells all over the country. They are designed to minimize the occupants danger and the danger the prisoner can present to officers. The officers were not gazing at women on toilets for sexual content so much as safety compliance. What were students expecting a padded toilet seat and bear rug to keep your feet comfortable and your toes warm. If an arresting officer finds that clothing such as a hajib is potentially dangerous then it won’t be allowed. A hajib is not about warmth so I don’t believe there is an equivalency to a vest.
I believe the circumstances were handled exceptionally well. Officers and students survived. Ultimately those arrested have to answer to a judge. What won’t come out in the hearing are accusations of conspiracy with outside groups that didn’t care about the lives of the protesters (click here). Maybe there should be investigations into every student arrested to end such influence and danger on campus. Mossad is probably capable of intelligence that would astound any authority involved.
But, while I laugh out loud, when anyone takes up a cause in protest that involves acts of violence and lawbreaking like storming campus buildings, using industrial chains to lock down doors, and interrupting the educational progress of students who have paid dearly for that opportunity; be prepared to pay the price of arrest and what follows. If parents and guardians are paying high priced lawyers as well as fines, in my opinion, your part of the problem.
