Last Wednesday a group of 60-100 people associated with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) took over and vandalized a building at Cal State University Los Angeles. When Ed wrote about the incident last Thursday the occupation itself had ended but there was still some uncertainty about exactly what had happened and why police didn’t respond more quickly or forcefully.
Since then a few more things have become clear, starting with the fact that the school’s president, Berenecea Johnson Eanes, was inside the building during the takeover. The next day she issued a statement condemning the people involved and demanding that the people in the encampment leave. [emphasis added]
As you likely know, last night unlawful protesters occupied the first four floors of the Student Services Building (SSB), destroying offices, stealing property, and leaving significant damage.
For forty days,…
