Marisa Kabas: The Ohio State student newspaper has retracted its earlier report stating there were no snipers on campus yesterday, in response to a viral Twitter post. They've now confirmed there were state troopers with long-range firearms on the student union roof last night.

The Ohio State student newspaper has retracted its earlier report stating there were no snipers on campus yesterday, in response to a viral Twitter post. They've now confirmed there were state troopers with long-range firearms on the student union roof last night.

Lantern confirms officers on Ohio Union’s roof had firearms once arrests beganwww.thelantern.com A version of this story was published Thursday at 8:55 p.m., and has since been removed following updated information. Around 8:15 p.m. Thursday, university spokesperson Ben Johnson said there were…

"oh you mean THOSE snipers, yeah - they were there" - police spokesperson

imagine it's your job to point a loaded gun at unarmed college students and watch them through a scope all night? and you're okay with that.

Cop brain plus administrative panic really leads to some of the dumbest fucking decisions ever. Gonna be the work of generations getting the police state under control.

It's been generations in the making.

One of my San Francisco State professors was on an advisory committee to design the new Student Union (commons) building after the 1968–69 student strike. He said a query about some turretlike structures projecting from the building plan was answered: “That’s so we have a place to put the snipers”.

They aren't snipers unless they're carrying a Barrett Mk22 MRAD, otherwise it's just overwatch support.

They aren’t snipers unless they come from the Seneperre region of France, otherwise they’re just sparkling overwatch.

I just wanna say Marisa: I love this lede. truly captures the tone of the moment.

probably there in case someone said “fentanyl” real loud

personally if someone said "no armed law enforcement officers on the Ohio Union's roof with weapons pointed at students and community members protesting the war in Gaza" in response to a question about snipers being present, i would think it curiously specific

They'll only use the snipers "reactively," they comfortingly promise.

If there’s anything we know about cops, it’s that they are very reactive

They weren't snipers. They were hidden paramilitary personnel with long range high caliber firearms with high magnification scopes.

Their “report” was just mindlessly repeating what the university rep said. No investigation. No pushback. A very sad excuse for a student newspaper.

This is an update. It’s written by a former student of mine and the paper has been reporting on the events with a ton of seriousness. Kindly fuck off.

you must be proud of them!

She became the editor long before I had her. She’s definitely going places.

awesome. power to her.

I mean, if you don’t know anything about the newspaper and what it has gone through in the last 4 years I think this is a bad look.

Eat shit dickhole

Unless they’re from the Sniper region of France, the correct term is “overwatch support that includes firearms”

Bringing Gaza to a campus near you.

I knew it! @mortythenurse.bsky.social

OK, then, any news about University Indiana Bloomington? Cos that sure as hell does look like a sniper. #StudentProtests #Snipers #GazaProtests #GenocideEnabler #GazaGenocide

Any word from your President yet?

nope

In other words 50 caliber sniper rifles.

Omg Universities are becoming by their own police state? How shameful!!

It’s a reminder of times long past for people over 60. I very much hope we are not on the way to this again. youtu.be/TRE9vMBBe10?...

Ohio- Crosby, Stills, Nash and Youngyoutu.be We had to do a music video for a song on American History and we decided to do Ohio by Crosby Stills Nash and Young, which was about the Kent State murders w...

I feel like we're not on the way there, we're already back. While I really hope I'm wrong, it feels almost inevitable at this point that someone is going to end up dead.

Yep.

why does this website not allow right-click.. or even f12 (in chrome) How is that even a thing that i can't open the source of what my browser is displaying?

Try shift-right-click.

And f12?

You can access Developer Tools through the "More Tools" menu. I hate it when sites do shit like this.

That works, thanks

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