Virginia Tech removes students from Pro-Palestine protest

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THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PERIOD SHOW YOU THAT COMING UP IN A FEW BACK TO GUYS IN THE STUDIO. >> THIS IS NEW VIDEO INTO OUR NEWSROOM SHOWING THE PROTESTS ON THE CAMPUS OF VIRGINIA TECH POLICE REMOVED PROTESTERS FROM THAT AREA LATE LAST NIGHT. >> POLICE SAY THE PROTESTERS WERE TRESPASSING. IT IS THE LATEST IN A STRING, A COLLEGE CAMPUS PROTEST CONNECTED TO THE ONGOING WAR BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. VERNON KING JOINS US THE STUDIO WITH HOW VIRGINIA GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN IS RESPONDING TO THE DEMONSTRATIONS. BRENDAN, THIS IS STILL VERY MUCH A FLUID SITUATION OVER IN BLACKSBURG. ROBIN READ ON THIS MONDAY MORNING. IT ALSO MARKS DAY 4 OF DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE VIRGINIA TECH CAMPUS. THE ROANOKE TIMES REPORTS POLICE WARNED THAT THEY WOULD DISPERSE THE PROTESTERS BY 6 AND A NIGHT THAT SAW LAST HOURS INTO THE OVERNIGHT. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO. THE PROTEST CAPTION OUTSIDE THE GRADUATE LIFE CENTER. THAT'S ON THE BLACKSBURG CAMPUS AROUND 3.30, THIS MORNING UNIVERSITY POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT THE PROTEST HAD STABILIZED POLICE PRESENCE BUT TO AVOID THE AREA. THE TIMES REPORTED THAT PROTESTERS WANT TO HEAR FROM UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT TIM SANDS ABOUT THE SCHOOL STANDS ON MIDEAST CONFLICT. GOVERNOR GLENN YOUNGKIN SPOKE WITH CNN'S DANA BASH ABOUT THE ONGOING SITUATION. >> FIRST, WE HAVE TO BEGIN WITH THE FACT THAT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATING IS AT THE HEART OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT AND WE MUST PROTECT IT. BUT THAT DOES NOT GO TO, IN FACT, INTIMIDATING JEWISH STUDENTS PREVENTING THEM FROM ATTENDING CLASS AND AND USING ISOLATION SPEECH TO EXPRESS DEEPLY ANTI-SEMITIC VIEWS. AND THEREFORE, I HAVE WORKING WITH OUR ATTORNEY GENERAL IS ER UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS. LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THE STATE, LOCAL AND CAMPUS LEVEL TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE ARE PROTEST THEIR PEACEFUL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ENCAMPMENTS TENTS PUT UP YES, WE WILL PROTECT THE ABILITY TO PEACEFULLY EXPRESS YOURSELF, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. 98 SPEECH AND INTIMIDATION THAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN VIRGINIA. >> IN A STATEMENT, VIRGINIA TECH LEADERS ROAD AS SUNDAY PROGRESS PROTESTERS CONTINUED TO REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH POLICY AND TOOK FURTHER STEPS TO OCCUPY THE LAWN OF THE GRADUATE LIFE CENTER AND OUTDOOR SPACES NEXT TO SQUIRE STUDENTS. ENTER. GIVEN THESE ACTIONS BY PROTESTERS, THE UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZED THAT THE SITUATION HAD THE INCREASING POTENTIAL TO BECOME UNSAFE OVERNIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. PROTESTERS SAY THE ARRESTS. THE REMOVALS INCLUDES BOTH STUDENTS AND THEIR PROFESSORS. THIS IS ALL HAPPENING. ROBIN REBA AS VIRGINIA TECH
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Channel: WTVR CBS 6
Views: 39,968
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Keywords: Richmond, Virginia
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Length: 2min 34sec (154 seconds)
Published: Mon Apr 29 2024
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