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New york, ny six students were arrested tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack against a peaceful protest lead by city university of new york cuny students and faculty decrying the universitys appointment of former cia chief and exgeneral, david petraeus as an adjunct professor to the honors college. A video posted on youtube titled cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus shows petraeus walking through a gauntlet of students who aggressively taunt him for close to 90 seconds. Sep 23, 20 general petraeus, war crimes and culpability september 23, 20 by brooklyn culture jammers in history, peace protesters, protests leave a comment four of the six students arrested during an impromptu protest of petraeus at a cuny fundraiser. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus youtube this makes my blood boil. Academics join opposition to petraeus professorship.

Unprovoked police attack on peaceful protest by cuny. Coalition of student groups at cuny say protest is to let the. Home news ccny psychologist testifies in landmark war crimes case dr. Petraeus transformed counterinsurgency from a frownedupon term to american military policy. Oct 01, 20 the students, firmly in the antiwar camp, sought to protest what they viewed as harvards unseemly contribution to the war effort. Students accuse general petraeus of being a war criminal. The twoway the former cia chief and retired general, whose military career has been overshadowed by charges that he gave classified. On the other hand, in the book fiasco, the washington post reporter tom. Cuny students arrested while protesting petraeus face. Footage shows group calling former general and cia director a fascist, war criminal.

The students called petraeus a war criminal, a murderer and a. On june 20, five days after the professional staff congress psc teachers and staff union reached a tentative contract agreement with the city university of new york administration, the board of trustees bot convened a public hearing on a proposed policy for freedom of expression and expressive conduct. Most of our students at cuny are from the working class and from. Students were punched, pushed against parked vehicles and thrown. Ad hoc committee against the militarization of cuny, moc. Former cia chief petraeus heckled, booed out of cuny ny uni. Protests charge petraeus war criminal workers world. On the other hand, would the feds allow this to happen if petraeus had not gone off the reservation. Since the city university of new york cuny announced petraeus. Over 100,000 civilians are thought to have died during the invasion and occupation. Petraeus punished the soldier who nearly took his life by helping him and giving him a ranger school slot. Calls grow for city university of new york to drop david. Feb 22, 2015 cuny administration must be clear that the students and the community of new york will not tolerate an enemy of the people being allowed to teach his imperialist ideology to the students in our university, and they will not tolerate the overall militarization of cuny.

Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the times. The internationalist clubs call on students, faculty, staff and campus workers to. Apr 24, 20 former cia director david petraeus to teach at cuny. Among the hecklers shouting, petraeus was called war criminal. I wonder if they know the story about him getting shot accidentally as a battalion commander by one of his troops at a rifle range. The plea agreement and corresponding statement of facts, both signed by the defendant, indicate that he will plead guilty to the onecount criminal information.

Ccny psychologist testifies in landmark war crimes case the. Dick cavett on fame, george harrison and the worst interview he ever did duration. They also chant every class, david, and petraeus out of cuny. Sep 20, 20 scores of academics at the city university of new york have signed a petition calling for charges against six students, arrested during a protest against david petraeus, to be dropped. Mar 03, 2015 david petraeus enters into plea deal with justice department. David petraeus was hired to teach cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus conservative daily news. In one of the most sickening displays of disrespect toward a veteran since the vietnam war, students swore at and harassed retired army gen.

We deplore the use of violence and brutal tactics against cuny students and faculty who were. Jun 23, 2016 dieinvigil for ferguson and gaza, john jay collegecuny, october 8, 2014. Students accused the fourstar general of being a war criminal. Sep 11, 20 protesters hound david petraeus before lecture at cuny. In september 20 petraeus was harassed by students at cuny while. The video showing the confrontation is just now gaining traction online.

Sep 19, 20 as graduate students and educators of cuny, we express our outrage at the violent and unprovoked actions by the nypd against cuny students peacefully protesting the appointment of war criminal david petraeus as a lecturer at the macaulay honors college. The students can be seen shouting at petraeus, stating he was a war criminal in a youtube video, titled cuny students confront war criminal petraeus, which has over 338,000 views as. The harvard undergraduates shadowed dean may everywhere he went. David petraeus is harassed by angry mob of students on his way to teach his first class at city university of new york. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus video. Protesters hound david petraeus before lecture at cuny. The students hounded the retired fourstar general for his role in the iraq war as well as the scandal in his personal life. The liberal site firedoglake spoke to cuny hunter college adjunct professor of latin american history s. If anyone ever tries to tell you that most colleges havent been taken over by liberals, you can always remind them about this lovely display by students at cuny. Six cuny student were arrested on tuesday while protesting outside macaulay.

Cuny students chase and harass david petraeus on his first day of class. Controversy still continues as exgeneral david petraeus. General petraeus, war crimes and culpability the brooklyn. David petraeus is harassed by angry students on first day teaching. General petraeus didnt deserve the war criminal heckling. The majority were undergraduate students from city college, hunter college, queens college and other campuses of the cuny. Cuny protestors harass lecturer david petraeus because of. If you are a cuny student, a new york student, or just a regular person who despises the misery under which people all over the world are subjected to because of the action of imperialist war criminals like petraeus, we invite you all to join the liber8 cuny front this monday and speak out against the overall militarization of the university. Scores of academics at the city university of new york have signed a petition calling for charges against six students, arrested during a protest against david petraeus, to be dropped.

Part1 cuny students and rscc confront david petraeus 99. The academics have also called for the former fourstar general to resign from his teaching role at cuny. The criminal information charges the defendant with one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, in violation of 18 u. And a general sense that they dont like him very much. David petraeus enters into plea deal with justice department. For the most part, students we spoke to seemed indifferent. This isnt 1st amendment, this is blatant harassment and disrespect. Watch a cop punch a student at this weeks petraeus protest. In 20, the cuny administration made the provocative political decision to hire war criminal david petraeus, former cia chief and excommander of the iraqafghanistan wars, to teach at cunys macaulay honors college. The insurgents, about david petraeus, by fred kaplan the. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus via redplebeiandeactivated20150604 karinakairos liked this. Academics join opposition to petraeus professorship, violent. Petraeus, who will be the next visiting professor of public policy at the universitys macaulay honors college, had been approached by many universities, but settled on cuny because he admires its diversity of students, locations and offerings, his lawyer, robert barnett, said in an interview. The twoway the retired generals tenure with the university began with drama and it continued as he walked to work on monday.

On may 1, 20, the university of southern california named david petraeus as a judge widney professor, a title reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business and community and national leadership. Revolutionary students arrested for denouncing a war criminal. David petraeus is being hounded by noisy student protests every time he moves about campus at cuny where he is a visiting professor. Members of the revolutionary student coordinating committee rscc, the six arrestees were involved in organizing multiple actions targeting petraeus presence. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus this terrorist is the planner of the military war in syria. Petraeus, who many consider a war criminal, supervised a regime of torture in iraq while head of the occupying american army. Contact amsterdam news 2340 8th avenue new york, ny 10027 phone. In time, a peoples tribunal will be convened to deal with these scum. Cuny students harass david petraeus business insider.

Above is a video of outraged students confronting him about his bloodstained record. About john jay john jay college of criminal justice. War criminal david petraeus, former commander of occupying forces in iraq and afghanistan and recently retired cia director, has been hired to teach at the city university of new york. The family moved after the war, settling in cornwallonhudson, where david. Oct 25, 20 hundreds of students and others signed a petition protesting petraeus faculty position, suggesting cuny had become a war college.

David petraeus, kkrs ambassador at cuny honors college al. On september 17, new york city police attacked students who were protesting the teaching appointment of david petraeus, former head of the cia and architect of. David petraeus received a less than warm welcome when he arrived for his first day of teaching at the city university of new york. Sep, 20 but after some cuny students protested against petraeus at the macaulay honors collegewhere he will teachmonday to have him removed, citing his war history, we wanted to know what ccny students felt about him teaching. Academics join cuny david petraeus protests as nypd arrests. The heavily policed and protected scene, a response to protests against gen. Why is general petraeus considered a war criminal by some.

Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus youtube. Us students call petraeus war criminal when he wanted to. Academics join cuny david petraeus protests as nypd. Sep 09, 20 dick cavett on fame, george harrison and the worst interview he ever did duration. Newspaper of cuny students from the internationalist. As students were chanting war criminal petraeus out of cuny now, i was shocked to see several police officers grab and brutalize one of the demonstrators, said city college student yexenia vanegas, according to the pressrelease. To those students who called him a scumbag and war criminal. Students, faculty protest presence of petraeus at cuny. Petraeus an open letter to cuny chancellor william kelly. Sep 19, 20 six students were arrested tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack against a peaceful protest lead by city university of new york cuny students and faculty decrying the universitys appointment of former cia chief and exgeneral, david petraeus as an adjunct professor to the honors college. He said they protest because they believe petraeus is a war criminal. In the clip, a group of cuny students trails petraeus, hurling epithets at the former commander of americas wars in iraq and afghanistan. Cuny students arrested for protesting petraeus video.

Watch cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus humble soul on dailymotion. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the. Mar 30, 2010 in their book, the fourth star, which profiles four postvietnam american generals, david cloud and greg jaffe describe captain petraeuss method for improving the efficiency of vehicle repair. Students were punched, pushed against parked vehicles and thrown to the pavement by police. The majority were undergraduate students from city college, hunter college, queens college and other campuses of the cuny system. September 9, demanding ouster of war criminal petraeus. As graduate students and educators of cuny, we express our outrage at the violent and unprovoked actions by the nypd against cuny students peacefully protesting the appointment of war criminal. Back in 2005, we initiated the campaign which spiked the sinister homeland security program at bmcc.

Cuny students chase and harass david petraeus on his first. Founded in 1964, john jay college of criminal justice a senior college of the city university of new york has evolved into the preeminent international leader in educating for justice in its many dimensions. David howell petraeus ao, msc is a retired united states army general and public official. Professor petraeus and his protestors general petraeus and his student protesters at the city university of new york, confront the vietnam syndrome. The protesters from the city university of new york cuny followed petraeus as he walked down a street in new york city to teach his first class at the university. On september 17, six city university of new york cuny students were arrested in a demonstration against david petraeus, exgeneral and former director of the cia responsible for overseeing the occupations in iraq and afghanistan. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus general david petraeus didnt have the best start to the school year. Petraeus is a war criminal guilty of the surge operations in the middle east. Dec 27, 2012 the insurgents, by fred kaplan, is a readable, thoroughly reported account of how gen. Adeyinka akinsuluresmith, assistant professor of psychology at ccny and an expert on gender crimes and posttraumatic stress disorder, testified at the war crimes trial of a former congolese leader in the hague. Good for gen r petraeus maintaining professionalism. Mr online statement of support to cuny students attacked.

The students call petraeus a piece of shit, fascist, disgusting imperialist and war criminal. In september 20 petraeus was harassed by students at cuny while walking on campus. Ccny students react to david petraeus teaching at cuny. Arrested cuny 6 spark debate and continued protest against. Cuny student groups, adjuncts, professors and outside supporters have formed the adhoc committee against the militarization of cuny, who call for war criminal petraeus, rotc, military. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the times of. Theres blood all over you, i can smell it, one student yells. Drive war criminal petraeus out of cuny with protest and exposure.

Cuny students arrested while protesting petraeus face multiple charges including disorderly conduct kevin gosztola 20919 former cia director and exgeneral, david petraeus creative commons. Six protesters were arrested wednesday while peacefully protesting the city university of new york s newest adjunct professor exgeneral and c. Statement from the justice department on the criminal charges. David petraeus teaching a class at cuny, is a stark reminder of what many students and faculty at cuny are now calling. General david petraeus rocky first days as a lecturer at the city university of new york only got rockier this week. A bunch of people posted on cuny s facebook, hopefully these idiots will get what they deserve. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus. Students, faculty protest presence of david petraeus at.

David petraeus as he makes his way to his first class. Forums xd talk xdtalk chatter box hounding of petraeus discussion in xdtalk chatter box started by js12278, sep 12, 20. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus original post jesus malverde. David petraeus harassed, mocked by new york college students fascist. Retired army general david petraeus met by protests and.

The purpose of the protest is to let the administration know that war criminals cannot be. Former cia director david petraeus to teach at cuny reuters. Most of our students at cuny are from the working class and from oppressed communities, specifically from families whose roots are in. Sep, 20 general david petraeus didnt have the best start to the school year. Petraeus has been subject to a campaign of verbal abuse by individuals including some students enrolled in macaulay honors college and some cuny faculty members. It shows petraeus headed to his new job as a visiting professor at the city university of new york cuny, while young. Protests of david petraeuss lectures to continue, say cuny students. Monday with inyourface shouts of war criminal and scumbag and promises.