Arrested Princeton protesters evicted, given ‘minutes’ to collect belongings, they say

Those arrested issued a statement saying they staged a peaceful sit-in, but were harshly reprimanded and immediately expelled from campus. Meanwhile, university officials continue to say that the protestors’ acts were unlawful and abusive.

A statement signed by all 13 protestors on Tuesday called the protest a staged peaceful sit-in at the administrative building, accompanied by sociology Professor Ruha Benjamin, who acted as a legal and faculty advisor. The protestors said in their statement that the university’s Department of Public Safety ordered Professor Benjamin and a member of the student press to leave the building by 5:30 p.m., threatening to arrest them if they did not comply with the order. While they both left immediately, the student press member has since been banned from campus for 90 days, according to the statement.“We prayed and sang together while zip-tied and handcuffed,” they said.

“The University refused to meet with us using the ‘proper’ channels, so we had to find our own,” the group said. “We will be here until the administration meets with us.”

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