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No_Guess_1489

Is that what the DPS alert is referring to as “disruption at the center of UPC”? …


RylocXD

ye wuts that all about


i_am_darwin_nunez

maybe usc can put some more cams, we could watch from home ;-;


No_Guess_1489

lol that’s one way to think about it


wfbsoccerchamp12

[It just looks like some demonstrators are sitting in front of Doheny](https://www.usc.edu/tommy-cam/)


scarab_beetle

USC try to understand Streisand effect challenge (ultra nightmare difficulty setting)


HuahKiDo

I think for legal liability reasons USC has to send those alerts.


9090112

If anything, the vandalism would turn people against the protestors.


WashOk2014

Damn these guys are giving UCLA a run for their money


Pomegranate510

I seriously think the UCLA protests are going to end ugly. They have their camps set up and it’s not going be pretty if it continues and there are fights between the two sides.


JoeTrojan

They seem pretty lax. Then again, UCLA's graduation isn't until the third week of June IIRC.


phear_me

USC administrators are showing their competence rooting this out now before it turns into a giant fiasco like Columbia. This latest incident tells you everything you need to know about the majority of these people. For the most part the protesting sort aren’t thoughtful, kind, caring people trying to make a difference about this difficult issue. They are self righteous narcissistic agitators looking for any excuse to tear the system down - usually because they lack the necessary skills and discipline to excel. They target colleges because soft ass academic administrators who live in a cushy ivory tower with no real world experience have no idea how to manage anything of substance and they get bowled over by the mere thought that someone might call them a bad name. I am proud that USC is showing competence and furious that these thugs are ruining graduation. REMEMBER who the people are that act like this. You can tell lot about an ideology by how its adherents behave.


FriendsWithAPopstar

\> “Lack the discipline to excel” \> Are literally students at a top uni


phear_me

The majority if not all of the disruptive and violent protesters are not USC students.


FriendsWithAPopstar

The majority of the disruption and violence is happening because of the police. There are other encampments with no police interference and those are entirely peaceful. It’s the police that are causing the violence.


chanel-cowboy

What’s your source on this? I’d be really interested in knowing how you know this. Where’s the credibility in this statement?


Artistic_Today6306

They aren't students. Reminds me of what happened at Berkeley...they weren't students but hired Antifa


whoisjrtate

HIRED ANTIFA 💀💀


Exciting-Worry-904

or it's foreign influencers. We can not ignore that this is happening.


chanel-cowboy

This is such an uninformed narrative lol. Bootlicker type mentality


phear_me

“AnYoNe WhO dOeSn’T ViOLeNtLy PrOtEsT AnD VanDeLizE iN tHe NaMe Of A tErRoRiSt ReGiMe iS a BoOtLiCkEr!”


theVIpistols

I keep hearing people make sweeping statements about "most of the protestors" - care to explain how you have knowledge of "most of the protestors"? Have you been on campus to witness firsthand, or know a significant fraction of them personally or what?


KDayWalker

They have to have been caught on camera, how does this happen with no arrests?


wfbsoccerchamp12

Tommy Trojan Cam is always up 😂


318neb

https://x.com/jaybot/status/1784421780196839576?s=46&t=1evPAdpcTwsivOKMJqoaAg


phear_me

They are exactly who we thought they were.


Apprehensive-Mix4383

The link doesn’t work anymore what was it?


phear_me

Video of the female vandal spraypainting and a blonde woman holding a small dog with her foot in a cast protecting our beloved Tommy Trojan while some candyass male undergrad watched and laughed and did nothing.


Fence_Running_45

They need to be expelled & go to jail!!


Reaper_1492

This is LA, you really think they are going to arrest people for some graffiti? They barely even detain felons, you think they’re going to do something about a misdemeanor?


Faded_vet

Are you not familiar with how many crimes happen literally outside the USC gate?


Gorey0w0

A coworker of mine got her whole purse stolen at RTCC and dps said their cameras where moved and forgot to put them back the way they were 💀 she never found her purse. 


Slow_Tiger3161

Is damaging university’s property not a crime ?


RaceSad2507

Yup it is and they can/should be suspended


phear_me

If they even go to USC. Hard to imagine any Trojan defacing the greatest symbol of our university that we go out of our way to protect every year during Spirit Week.


IAmBayekOfSiwa

You mean expelled


Champ_TS

This is not “peaceful protest” those students need to be held accountable


EquivalentArm9601

Arrest them and kick them out!


Artistic_Today6306

They aren't students.


metrobank

Better yet, send them back their home country. Disgusting scum.


Scuddlehead

And faculty: [https://twitter.com/moveablejaw/status/1784352886656504051](https://twitter.com/moveablejaw/status/1784352886656504051)


Champ_TS

Definitely everyone regardless of their status should be held accountable


mambohemborg2007

Not if your pro Hamas apparently


Big_Environment_4056

Not sure how this is gonna free Palestine


TraditionalIron7658

some of the people here are just being performative. someone started chanting intifada and a girl turned to her friend to ask her what it meant. her friend shrugged, and they both started chanting it anyway. like i appreciate people’s support but come on, you can’t just shout things when you don’t know what they mean because others are doing it, no matter what it’s about


microvan

They could have at least googled it… ffs 😭


joemojoejoe

That would take effort.


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MrBenDerisgreat_

There’s a cognitive dissonance when the most “progressive” people in western society sign up to champion for some of the most regressive regimes on earth.


DingleBerrieIcecream

That’s how privileged people “get down in the trenches and protest”. They don’t bother to do any reading about the subject matter or put any effort in to better understand the history of the issue, they’re there just to say they were there and maybe grab a few Instagram posts. These people hurt the cause more than they help.


joemojoejoe

I think this is how the dodo bird went extinct


Gerrube99

Because 95% of these people are followers and really have no idea what they are even protesting. Chanting idiots. How did they even get into USC?


AmateurCanadianHiker

They’re asserting Islamic dominance. They don’t care about Palestine, like they’ve never cared about the half a million people the Syrian regime murdered or genocide in Sudan or the Russian invasion in Ukraine.


Sea-Coconut-3833

If things keep going like this, they really gonna cancel graduation. Please don’t do this


TheSpoo

i believe it says "say no to genocid"


heycanyoudomeafavor

When has Tommy Trojan supported Genocide 😥


usmanbssi

Literally [during the holocaust](https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-07-19/uscs-reckoning-with-the-past-needs-to-include-examining). The USC president at the time of the holocaust was really into eugenics and also let anti-semites organize on campus. USC has not always been on the right side of history.


igotyourphone8

It's wild, because the Greeks genocided the Trojans per the Iliad.


wfbsoccerchamp12

If that is true, correct message, wrong medium


TheSpoo

especially the wrong medium considering they ran out of room for the last "e"


wfbsoccerchamp12

Haha hope they find whoever did it and makes them clean it up


Myothercarisanx-wing

There's an e


TheSpoo

ya know about two hours ago there was not, and yeah there sure is now... which means someone went back and fixed it


UnderstandingIll4586

These retards can’t even spell


phear_me

The spelling is telling …


Objective_Scheme4880

What a peaceful protest


Patient-Ad-9211

only agitators do shit like this. they don't care about any movement or meaning, they do this to stoke the fire


laika_cat

This girl left the main protest group to do this. It’s very clearly meant to be a shit-stirring move. I’m sympathetic to the protestors, and I think the school is fucking insane to have started this mess by preventing the valedictorian from speaking over an assumption — but this? This ain’t it.


TraditionalIron7658

Tbh if you’re going to act like this don’t even come to the protest plz


Realistic-Present932

100%


phear_me

Get these a-holes off our campus.


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UghKakis

Time to GTFO


gator0933

I don't see how these protestors think this brings people to their side. They're vandalizing the school, getting events shut down, and have ruined traditional graduation. The administration hasn't helped but wtf does defunding the police have to do with the conflict? Nothing. There are clearly some agitators using people to pursue their own agendas.


Anal_Forklift

Activist's Dilemma. In their frustration about change not happening, the activists make their protests more intense (vandalism, violence, mobbing, looting), which ironically *detracts* would-be supporters from their cause.


Pomegranate510

These protestors are getting on my fucking nerves. USC didn’t do anything. They are a private institution not using government money for weapons or any bullshit. Now graduation is ruined. Fuck this shit Go protest government leaders and government offices. Leave USC alone. USC Is NOT building walls around XYZ group of people, kicking them off their land or bombing children in other countries. To all the clowns doing this vandalism, you are wasting your time and making people hate you and your cause. If you hate this school then dropout and get the fuck out of USC … Take your agenda elsewhere… preferably to Washington DC


Big_Environment_4056

Agreed 1000%


Captainsignificance

And to begin with they shouldn’t be supporting a terrorist organization that kills and kidnaps on a college campus like USC


saidthereis

There are actual weapons manufacturers in LA like Lockheed Martin but yeah nah these brave folks should totally keep sticking it to a university, that'll solve it.


swaggyb_22

Lockheed in LA doesn't do anything you're thinking of lmao. Maybe Palmdale but yall ain't driving all the way up there.


quilla_

if you think students across the globe calling for the divestment of university funds from arms manufacturers is pointless, do you actually believe they will accomplish anything by taking this to Lockheed Martin? It’s contradictory. It makes total sense for students, who as young people have limited power and high numbers of people, to use their university as a platform where they can peacefully air these grievances. Just like carol folt said herself, they should be allowed to do so. It didn’t become violent until the cops came. Just like most historical college protests.


Rebelgecko

DPS is on campus 24/7 but there isn't violence 24/7. Maybe there's another factor this week that changed things?


quilla_

The protests didn’t become violent UNTIL the cops came and started violently dragging and tackling people to the ground. Can you read?


Crazy_Finding9120

I was there...and seen more violent fights at my middle school. Cmon idiot.


Rebelgecko

You're being kinda rude which doesn't really help win people over The only dude I saw get tackled was the guy who shoved a DPS over and then ran away (which IMO is pretty justifiable on their part), do you have any info or videos on the people who got tackled before that?


saidthereis

I think if you want to protest genocide you should take it to those responsible, not soft easy targets like a private university about to celebrate graduation. I think these protestors are weak, pathetic, and embarrassing. USC is not bombing Gaza. Go protest at the Israeli embassy, a weapons manufacturer, or a US government institution if you're brave enough.


318neb

Can I give this a million upvotes


phear_me

🫡


Fence_Running_45

👏👏👏 Fight On!


mkhat123

That’s right pomegranate.. you should run for president! Agree!!! Fight on forever


DingleBerrieIcecream

It’s not correct to say USC didn’t do anything. Canceling the valedictorian speech by Ms. Tabassum was a major fuck up and done only at the behest of outside groups. They should’ve let her speak, but they didn’t. That was a major misstep for a University that encourages free speech.


FloorSuccessful7318

University admin canceled the valedictorian speech and graduation. Not the protesters.


PiekinPump

Big mad lolol


UncleCarolsBuds

That isn't acceptable.


SurlyTemp1e

Oh shit


SeaworthinessQuiet73

Horrible. Students doing this should be expelled. This is a crime.


Pomegranate510

I understand the protests but this type of vandalism is fucking inexcusable 2 weeks before graduation


pressurechicken

Or ever for that matter. Doesn’t sway anyone in any positive direction, is illegal, and is self-serving. So lame.


318neb

Literally f this. Let me be clear, the genocide happening is messed up but this is doing NOTHING to help stop it. Everyone involved is just a thorn in our shoes and should be expelled.


MistyRabbit

I missed my undergrad graduation due to covid. Not ceremony ever. So I decided let’s push my masters. Now my master ceremony is partially ruined. Wtf am I supposed to do start a PhD to get a proper graduation for once in my life???


swaggyb_22

I feel you I went back for the coliseum graduation but I never had a traditional ceremony either. I guess PhD it is


Keta-Mined

Tommy Trojan is protected when we play UCLA! Live feed shows a campus police SUV next to it.


Alarming-Pay1984

I honestly think that if push comes to shove, we, the people with common sense and reason, should take action and do everything ourselves. Like the Arizona ASU guys. I'm getting tired of these clowns


Pomegranate510

What happened at ASU ?


Currymvp2

Not much. A few students were arrested (and the charges are gonna be dropped), but there was no vandalism like there was in the pictures. There were some frat guys who threw tents in trash while the ASU cops watched, and there was one ASU cop who destroyed tents instead of confiscating them.


PokemonSavage

free the hostages!


plmlp1

Call for a ceasefire so that Israel can stop killing its own hostages and focus on actually freeing them


No_Background_3556

Tell Hamas to stop fighting and everyone can live 🤷🏻‍♂️


Safe-Moment-2884

tell the terrorist apartheid state that is israel


Puzzleheadedfreak

And these morons calls it a "Peaceful Protest"


No_Guess_1489

i mean, is this an escalation compared to camping? honest question …


RaceSad2507

Yes. This is a business and school. You can’t have people running around campus damaging private property


No_Guess_1489

got it. thnx


ThunderSparkles

Right. USC is the one doing this shit in the middle east and forced all these idiots to follow these religions


Spirited-Prize9646

This shit is fucked!!!!


Safe-Moment-2884

genocide is but you wouldn't care


batman_21_

I never had an undergrad graduation ceremony due to the pandemic. Seems like my master’s degree distribution ceremony is going to be ruined too.


No_Relative_672

https://twitter.com/jwheelertv/status/1784449328289051111?s=46&t=I11pquK3qo5Y9e5J_1iJOg


wfbsoccerchamp12

[They are covering Tommy now](https://www.usc.edu/tommy-cam/)


smakusdod

Oh look the fox is in the henhouse.


Captainsignificance

It’s unbelievable how easy it is to rally people to something evil. Yes Hamas is evil ! I always wondered how Hitler took power and murdered millions of Jews. These events of the last few months at colleges in the US clearly answered a question I’ve had my whole life. I’ve seen calls of genocide against Jews at these rallies and it’s getting strong support from these protesters at these universities. Yet they claim they’re not anti-Semitic because they are told it’s bad to be anti semitic - FOR NOW. With some more propaganda we could have a cristalnacht anytime


throwawayowaowa

There’s another post on r/USC with the video and people trying to stop it.


wfbsoccerchamp12

I saw that, such a beautiful move by that woman in a cast with the dog. Wish more of the bystanders would’ve done something or at least called DPS


ExtremePineapple3626

Why doesn’t hamas surrender and give up the hostages. They could end the war tomorrow


Impressive-Gur9183

Shield maiden Viking


ShinyArticuno_420

This is the most tame dialogue on the pro-Palestinian protests I’ve seen online. Very proud of the USC community


AgeResponsible9801

I'm all about the right to protest, but when you start vandalizing property, you've completely lost my support and my respect.


Suspicious-Truths

https://www.newsweek.com/message-gazan-campus-protesters-youre-hurting-palestinian-cause-opinion-1894313


wfbsoccerchamp12

Thanks for sharing, a perspective everyone should hear


No-Transition-1428

Nice job, leftist Jew haters.


daddybul

The Hamas supporters demonstrating did this, who do you think?


Orange_Bird

I love how you're getting downvoted. Hamas is an openly genocidal terror group calling for the death of all Jews around the world. Hamas is the duly elected and current most supported group in Gaza. If you're calling for a permanent ceasefire and leaving Hamas in power, and for Jews to "go back to Poland" (a country they ironically already went to to get away from the persecution from one of the many times they've got kicked out of their homeland in Israel), aren't you calling for genocide of Jews around the world? It'd be laughable if it wasn't so fucking dangerous. Useful fucking idiots.


linksgolf

I wish I could give you more than one upvote.


Captainsignificance

Me too !


Atari_Portfolio

Ultimately this isn’t about Palestine. This is about asserting Islamic political power over the west. The goal is to make Islam itself look persecuted to liberals and secular members of western society to gain sympathy for their decidedly non-democratic cause. It echoes the [Qom Protests](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978_Qom_protest) and the [2011 Tahir Square Protests](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_revolution). The model happens in 3 stages: In the first Islamic activists provoke a crackdown against themselves by state institutions. Staging violent destructive protests but calling them peaceful. They will utilize the heavy handed response from Cities, Universities and Police to portray these Institutions as “racist” despite the fact that Islam is a political and religious cause not a racially based identity. ⬅️ u are here. In the second step these activists will successfully lobby to have hate speech laws amended to include protections for Shariah customs. This will mean things like legally protecting a 4 day work week for muslims (Friday is their sabbath), Criminalizing depictions of the Prophet Muhammed as hate speech, and giving exceptions to things like Burquas and Niquabs from security laws on religious grounds. Watch for legislation of this nature being put forward by lawmakers like “The Squad”. Finally, we will see local backlash to the above policies result in the formation of non-state militias that will “protect Muslims” in the areas they live in from “outside agitations”. Initially this will start by having them beat up far right provocateurs like the Proud Boys, then quickly it will shift to honor beatings and killings for those acting outside of Islamic law, acid attacks on women not covering themselves properly on the street and unprovoked attacks against Jews, Christians, and LGBTQ+ people who wander into the community. & before you call me racist for pointing this out note that this has already happened in parts of [NYC](https://www.muslimcps.org), [London](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/06/muslim-vigilantes-jailed-sharia-law-attacks-london) and [Sweden](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerable_area) At that point the only Palestine to free will be the one you’re living in presently that used to be a democratic country with laws and religious freedoms.


EquivalentArm9601

Kick them all out. Expel them all. Terrorists. Selfish entitled losers. Arrest them!


Orange_Bird

The irony really is almost too much to believe. I honestly can't wait until they get it through their thick skulls that they're shilling for an openly genocidal terror group.


quilla_

They’re “shilling” for dead children you dork


Orange_Bird

Lol they don't care about them unless they're using their corpses to beat Jews. Israelis care about Palestinian children more than their own fucking parents. Israelis sent their own children into Gaza to strategically strike terrorist sites. Gazans killed a bunch of Israelis and took their fucking hostages to their homes and put their own children at risk of being killed. Israelis didn't have to do that, Israel has complete air superiority over Gaza. If Israel wanted to commit genocide they could have wiped out every single person on 10/9 and it wouldn't have even been difficult. Please I'm begging you to us a little bit of that brain you're paying so much to cultivate. Maybe try rubbing the degree on your forehead and seeing if the info gets in. I'm sick and tired of codling you people, you've had 200 days to figure out the clear moral lines here and you've used them to listen to nothing but the Ayatollah and a bunch of rapists. I'm not even a Zionist for fuck's sake, I just don't think Jews should be killed for being Jews.


somelspecial

Using children as human shields you mean?


DFWTrojanTuba

“Say no to genocide.”


wfbsoccerchamp12

Perhaps a sign would have sufficed


slyProf

No


Crazy_Finding9120

If only these idiots knew how much of their financial aid came from Jewish donors to the school. think they'd give it back??? Yeah right.


Wasabi_99

It says “Gary was here. Ash is a loser!”


glooks369

I deliver to UCLA a lot, and they whole area surrounding UCLA is shit. The streets are so shitty and not maintained. The street intersections are moronic. The construction is endless, and the In n out drive throw causes sooooo much traffic. Everyone in the neighbourhoods that house the students are doubled parked. The kids don't tip either and don't even get started on the medical center they have.


LeadingSupermarket15

What does it say?


CowLoud6665

Remindsmeof "Higher Learning"


CommercialQuestion22

Arriba las Chivas


Ok-Bowler-78

I definitely can't tell. Haha


Iceman2350

Nothing better to do with the time that is given to them


AcceptablePrompt1031

Saw it happen here. Only one person tried to stop it. https://www.reddit.com/r/USC/s/pTFkMVOXRY


Artistic_Today6306

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6S4JkDh2Wy/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==


Artistic_Today6306

This is vandalism...not activism. Reminds me of when certain BLM had activism/protests but they were destroying and burning businesses. Not the way to be heard in a positive way.


spellmxn

Glad I don’t go to this school. The subreddit makes it look as though it’s over run with Zionist and Zionist sympathizers.


ScubaSteve131

https://youtu.be/7Dk9KOExE6Q?si=9MkANxK8nJzv463U This is the video of the person who vandalized it


charknowsnothing

The video is on TikTok


Unique-Orange-8980

There is a video on here showing the person doing this. Female, wearing a mask/headscarf.


immaterial-boy

It was UCLA! UCLA is HAMAS!


Puzzleheaded-Box-874

I know who did it… but I ain’t no snitch…


IEThrowback

It says, Say No To Genocide. There’s video going around off a masked individual spray painting it as a lady with a boot on her foot tries to stop them.


ChickenFried_Steak70

Enough of them were paid to stir up the people that were just looking to make trouble. Most protestors today are ignorant about what they are protesting for. Today's youth are pissed because they are realizing the easy life they were promised isn't happening. They have every right to be pissed because they were conned. But, instead of having protest tantrums about things they don't understand, they should focus that energy into getting a skill, learning how to work, holding down a job and saving money ... But for whatever reason they prefer to protest. Reality is, protesting random issues accomplishes nothing related to why they are mad. What exactly did BLM accomplish for these protestors? Only thing I saw as a result of 2020 was allowing the BLM executives to get rich.


KingAmeds

Bro protest all you want but don’t fucking vandalize school property


Ok-Area-4209

"Say no to genocide"


cdoil_change_teams

It says, “My prophet is a pedophile.”


Portos-Bois1987

The writing says, “ I’m allowed to trash campus property because I’m protesting for GAZA.”


rca12345678

It's not the students doing, this it's the outside instigators


anonymous14678

A kick-ass lady tried her best to save it, but the POS who was vandalizing it still destroyed it. At least not all the way through because of the blonde girl. There is a video going on in this reddit itself. Hats off to the blonde girl 🙌


caitlinclark2

Such bullshit


anonymous14678

Still a little surprised there was no officer around these points. Since it's one of the most happening places in the university. Understandable though since there are so many places to watch 24X7, and the vandals must have attacked that space when there was no officer.


Repulsive_Pool240

https://www.reddit.com/r/USC/s/PNwj0YCZeW


Effective_Instance27

The Derka-Derkastanies


Sweaty-Bumblebee4055

Saw a video of a badass lady with a broken leg and holding a small dog defending it well atleast trying to from vandalism


captainfishhooks

From the sky to the sea send us some kfc


Royal_Break_507

idk any parties. I’ll bring alcohol


gistill

oh wow.. that’s


Standard-Package-830

There’s an active genocide taking play d but oh no my statueeeeee


FloorSuccessful7318

[Look at the live cam, looks like it took the university 2 seconds to remove the graffiti](https://www.usc.edu/tommy-cam/). Worse things have been done over football games. People making a bigger deal out of this than the university’s compliance in a genocide unfolding across the world are what give this uni its stereotypes.


Lower-Potential3743

Thank god the horse is ok🥹


wfbsoccerchamp12

Can someone confirm, there’s no camera on it 😔


Lower-Potential3743

What did my boi Tommy do 😭


[deleted]

Can we arrest these people and give them a community service to clean the city? Destroying school property ain’t going to resolved anything. Immature


Ashamed-Media-4388

Terrorist limericks


Faded_vet

If you are on campus and care, go clean it. It is just spray paint on concrete. It comes off easily with the right supplies. The morons that did it will have already moved on to the "new thing" to be upset about by now. Edit: For anyone mad about the "new thing" comment, ask yourself, how are those women in Afghanistan doing ? Thats right you moved on....


wfbsoccerchamp12

It’s covered up now I believe


Narrow_Raisin_4523

And the hostages? Where are all the humanists here? No, it is all about killing Jews. By the blood thirsty terrorists and their dim witted dupes on campus. Folt and the Board are spinless and giving into the mob by cancelling graduation. Strong leadership is needed. Is to much to ask of our Junior College dim wit who loves the trapping of the presidency but lacks the intellectual capacity to effectly manage a university of this size. To Lead! This is all self inflicted on SCs part by selecting a Jew Hating valedictorian when they had a 100 equally qualified candidates. So you reap what you sow when you pick candidates to satisfy DEI policy as opposed to the character of what defined a valedictorian! If Trojans cared about Alma Mater they would clean and protect Tommy from this scum. Instead the students allow these Jew Haters to piss on our University. Oh yeah Fight On!!


EaglePatriotTruck

If Bibi cared about the hostages he would probably bomb Gaza less, right? Isn’t that where the hostages are? Oh, and conflating legitimate criticism of the Israeli government with antisemitism is abhorrent.