Micah: "PPD declined, asking that the University provide proof that the encampment — and the rally today, which is entering its fourth hour — presents an imminent danger." if the damn cops - of all people - are going "hold up a minute here" you have well and truly lost the plot

"PPD declined, asking that the University provide proof that the encampment — and the rally today, which is entering its fourth hour — presents an imminent danger." if the damn cops - of all people - are going "hold up a minute here" you have well and truly lost the plot

“Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampment”

LIVE UPDATES: Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampmentwww.thedp.com Several students have received disciplinary hearing notices, and students previously reported threats from Penn's administration that the encampment would be cleared on Wednesday.

This is after the DA and a council member visited the encampment yesterday, and made comments directed at the University like "we don’t have to do stupid like they did at Columbia"...

turns out that electing DAs who aren't completely terrible actually makes a difference, who knew

Would have voted to re-elect if he'd been on the ballot

They watched all those kids trained in barricade & active shooter strategy from kindergarten and decided they don't want that heat

And not just any cops. This is Frank Rizzo's police department. I'm kinda gobsmacked that they'd turn down an engraved invitation to bust some heads.

Krasner made it clear that he would not pursue charges against protestors, but would charge cops who busted their heads.

I hadn't heard that! Can you point me towards article?

www.thedp.com/article/2024...

'We don't have to do stupid' like Columbia: Philadelphia district attorney visits Penn encampmentwww.thedp.com Krasner spoke to student organizers and legal observers on the edge of the encampment before holding a brief press conference.

If the Philly DA had to respond to every fistfight, he’d never have a day off.

#truth

Not really. It's just that telling the cops to eat shit has been Krasner's thing from the start.

Honestly telling that “liberal” San Francisco fell hook line and sinker for the recall Boudin campaign, but Philadelphia, city of chaos goblins, reelected Kramer handily.

We can thank Silicone Valley douchebros for that. Have you seen their plan to ethnically cleanse the city? newrepublic.com/article/1804...

The Tech Baron Seeking to Purge San Francisco of “Blues”newrepublic.com If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not OK.

You're not wrong about that.

I can't see the quoted skeet, but this has a very "holy shit, are we the baddies?" vibe

www.thedp.com/article/2024...

LIVE UPDATES: Philadelphia Police Department declines Penn request to disband Gaza Solidarity Encampmentwww.thedp.com Several students have received disciplinary hearing notices, and students previously reported threats from Penn's administration that the encampment would be cleared on Wednesday.

TYVM!!

It helps that the DA has already said [paraphrasing] “I’m not prosecuting that shit unless there are actual crimes”

what the fuck is happening since when are the cops afraid to assault and murder teenagers and yeah Im calling it fear the fact that students around the country arent scared and arent backing down has them scared cause aint no way they have moral objections

Not moral but even a cop realized that it would be more trouble to crack down on them than to just leave them alone.

they LOVE going to the trouble to hurt people Weve seen that plenty enough times Im convinced that its fear these are cowardly gutless bullies whose only ambition in life is to dominate the helpless and when faced with badass KIDS who wont fear them, the bitch-made shows

I want to have enough hope to be convinced they are afraid but I just don't.

I try to be hopeful myself I try so hard I try to live by "hope for the best, rpepare for the worst" The best I can manage here is to hope Im wrong but Im prepared to be right

This kind of trouble is their bread and butter. Low risk to their safety, high reward in OT and budget increases. They get to punch hippies. The good sense restraint being shown here is astonishing to me

All the philly schools are surrounded by black and working class neighborhoods, 2020 taught them how quick they can mobilize after a flashpoint and they don't want that again

yknow thats fair thats something that I as an european am not fully aware of also I was shown this bsky.app/profile/braa... I dont fully trust but promising if real

Oh yeah, Krasner goes so hard the democratic establishment for PA hates him, the current governor spent his time as state attorney general trying to hinder him

That was my first thought. Philly cops are used to Philly residents and have far far less motivation to just start shit than cops in most cities

Yeah, like gentrification is ongoing but it's a short jog to breach that bubble. I haven't been paying much attention recently but Malcolm x park isn't far and they were doing teach ins/protests etc constantly, move bombing site is close by, it's a particularly bad place to start a police riot

Which isn't to say cops on the ground don't want to, but they understand it'd be hard to contain

In Philly of all places. A city that literally bombed an entire residential neighborhood in my lifetime

"This looks like I could actually get in trouble over it" tends to be the reasoning.

I mean yeah I just didnt imagine that would ever apply to police since, as weve seen, they DONT get in trouble

Important context: the Philly PD already fucked around and found out once a couple years ago. (Link is paywalled, but you really only need the headline and photo)

Philadelphia will pay $9.25M to protesters over police use of tear gas and rubber bullets during 2020 unrestwww.inquirer.com The city also agreed to contribute $500,000 to a fund that will provide counseling to victims of police violence and offer community-led programming.

New York City paid over $35 million for police misconduct during the same events, but that didn't stop the NYPD this time.

Once again proving Philadelphia’s superiority over New York.

unless the city does something to regein the police in or make them foot the bill, high damages don't mean anything. cities just pull the money from schools, arts, and social programs.

sorry, just saw Philly declined Penn State requey

University of Pennsylvania-- Penn State is in Bloomsburg, a rural spot halfway across the state.

Current Philly Mayor is not a Philly Cop tho

Ugh finally. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Having grown up in Philly in the 80s, I had to sit down to take this in

Same

Penn was really asking the Philly PD to get a MOVE on, huh

Deep Cut

Sweetie, that's dark. Funny, but very very dark. (To the best of my knowledge, Philadelphia is the only city to firebomb its own damn self.)

I mean, look, I know how many decades it’s been since MOVE, but, yeah, asking Philly cops to get a group moved from a place they’ve set themselves down in protest still seems like not the greatest decision.

Mind you, MOVE was back in the news recently, so it's probably risk management

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