cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/14986044
Archived version: https://archive.ph/HtphT
Other students reported that they were beaten by New York City Police Department officers after their arrests and taken to the hospital for injuries before being returned to central booking. Photos of the injuries were provided to The Intercept.
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Students arrested during the crackdown said at least two of them were put in solitary confinement for three hours and others reported much longer stays, according to Barnard College professor Shayoni Mitra and a tenured faculty member who asked for anonymity to protect their livelihood. The faculty members were working to support jailed students. (The NYPD did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
Other students reported that they were held in mouse-infested cells, along with the general population of the jail. The students told the professors that they weren’t given water or food for 16 hours and that at least one student was left without shoes for the same period of time.
It may not be the order most liberals envision, but it’s the order that exists and will be brought to bear when they cheer on the cops. Just need to look at the police union endorsements and their conduct under Trump to recognize they already picked their side.