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The governor of NY, and former cop, justified the police response to the anti-genocide protests at Columbia with a statement about "outside agitators". When pressed on that, the governor essentially said it was a gut feeling.
It was the mayor not the governor
Probably the Columbia University protests. I expect this means someone was arrested for having a bike lock (which can be used as a bludgeon).
They were using the bike locks to claim that the protesters had ties to terrorist organizations, because "it's not the kind of thing a normal student has."
Despite the fact that the exact model of bike lock was part of a deal on bike locks advertised by the CU campus security on Facebook not 6 weeks ago.
Wow, I think that is an instant winner for the annual "most dogshit excuse for cops to do a thing" award.
I mean, let's think about it step by step. The protesters used bike locks, having a bike lock implies having a bike, having a bike implies using it, using a bike implies you're riding it for transportation. That obviously means that the infiltrators are from Europe (most likely, Netherlands)
I think the students had chained the doors with bike locks, and the police are trying to claim the chains constitute professional involvement.
This also sounds like a reasonable explanation.
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Plot twist, Rafael is a cop.
Nah, Leonardo is, he's got blue lines all over him
Bake 'em away, toys!