The colleges had a choice; in most places, they chose to escalate.
By May 2, according to The Appeal, a nonprofit criminal-justice news site, there were at least 100 encampments in nearly 40 states, and more than 2,000 protesters had been arrested.
In proudly defending the mass arrests in New York, Mayor Eric Adams did not focus on trespassing or the disruption to campus life.
What he emphasized instead was the urgent need to literally police an ideological threat.
It is also a case study in the dynamics of escalation, and I’d like to emphasize three stories, each related, that may help explain the pattern.
Persons:
Eric Adams, ”
Organizations:
Indiana University, University of Virginia, University of Texas, Columbia, New York City, Hamilton Hall, United
Locations:
U.C.L.A, Austin, New York, United States, Israel, Gaza