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Why Did Alberta’s Biggest Universities Call the Police on Protest Camps


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Were the presidents of Alberta’s two largest universities pushed to use cops dressed up as stormtroopers to violently clear campus encampments used by students for a few hours to peacefully protest the continuing deadly assault on Gaza? Or did they jump of their own accord when they asked police to clear the campus demonstrations Thursday night in Calgary and early Saturday morning in Edmonton? Author: David J. Climenhaga is an award-winning journalist, author, post-secondary teacher, poet and trade union communicator. Published May 13, 2024. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2024/05/13/Alberta-Universities-Police-Protest-Camps/
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