Bowman: 'Need More Protests' Like Columbia Encampment, UCLA Looked Disorderly, But Cops Caused Disorder

Breitbart ^ | May 2 2024 | Ian Hanchett

[SunkenCiv]

On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's "Alex Wagner Tonight," Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) stated that the encampment on Columbia was "completely peaceful" and "Some of the images that we saw from UCLA and other places made it look like a bunch of disorder. But the majority of these protests are peaceful. When you send in hundreds of military-dressed law enforcement officers into a college, that brings the disorder and that brings the chaos."

Bowman said, "We want the protests to be peaceful. We do not want violent protests. I visited the Columbia encampment last week, and they were completely peaceful. There was a space for mental health supports, there was a library, there was food, there was coffee, there was water, and they were crystal clear on their demands. They are protesting the collective punishment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza."

He added, "Some of the images that we saw from UCLA and other places made it look like a bunch of disorder. But the majority of these protests are peaceful. When you send in hundreds of military-dressed law enforcement officers into a college, that brings the disorder and that brings the chaos. And we just heard reports that a gun was fired [at] Columbia by a member of law enforcement. That's the only gun that's been fired at any protest. And so, we need educators and professors to do their jobs and create spaces for critical dialogue, critical discussion. And we can't lose sight [of] what they're protesting, U.S. dollars going to a country that is bombing and killing and starving children. That is what's unacceptable."

Bowman concluded, "We need more protests that are peaceful to hold us accountable towards what we should be working on in Congress."

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Good morning.

[Uncle Miltie]

Jaamaaaaaaaal!

[napscoordinator]

He wants to win the primary. He’s in a tough one and needs to appease the freaks in his district. Not that he doesn’t believe what he’s saying, but it’s also political.

[Flaming Conservative]

Pure Newspeak!

[logi_cal869]

Rep. ‘Damage Control’ Bowman.

[Freedumb]

Hey Jamaal, when they peacefully broke into that building at Columbia and peacefully held the janitors hostage for a few hours, did they also peacefully pull the fire alarms?

[silverleaf]

Jamaal

What a maroon….

[PGalt]

Jamaal Bowman-D eceiver

[Judge Bean]

Needs to be put in jail for false alarm in the Capitol Bldg.

[TStro]

What a libtard.
Shutting down schools at final exams and threatening and blocking Jewish students is okay with this punk. They destroyed property.
I wouldn’t call this peaceful
This is not freedom of speech or public assembly as the Founding Fathers expressed
If these had been Conservatives, the administrations wouldn’t have hesitated to have them arrested
Time to stop public funding of colleges and universities. Let them survive on their merits. No more indoctrination.
When public funding is gone and young heads full of mush figure out most degrees will only get them a burger flipper job, and they have to pay for their education, the liberal schools will collapse.

[Jonny7797]

I don’t hear any Dems condemning the riots. If Trump were president, they’d press him every day to condemn

[Eleutheria5]

No need to pull any alarms.

[logi_cal869]

Let’s not forget his recent egregious acts which qualified EXPONENTIALLY more for prison than the J6ers:

https://www.cnn.com/bowman-fire-alarm-plea/index.html

[Iron Munro]

THE MOSTLY PEACEFUL COLLEGE INTIFADA CONTINUES

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"But the majority of these protests are peaceful."

Here's Jamal from a few years ago reporting from Kenosha...

[DIRTYSECRET]

Fire alarm fella. He should be expelled just like Santos. Will the majority GOP do it? You tell me. No, don’t.

[Agatsu77]

Bowman is a lying sack of s^^t!

[SunkenCiv]

Nope, the media and the other Demwits would be praising the rioters. Right now they're an inconvenient truth and the whole thing has to be spun, for fear that Biden will lose his second consecutive election.

[egfowler3]

And exactly WHY should I believe US Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) regarding the peacefulness of ANY protesters???