Israel-Hamas war protesters clash with officers at Emory in Atlanta
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Additionally, the Georgia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement condemning the “use of force and arrests against peaceful protesters” at the university.
”Emory University and APD fully bear responsibility for the violence we are seeing at the Emory campus right now. Students and protesters must be allowed their full constitutional rights,” the statement read.
While grappling with growing protests from coast to coast, schools have the added pressure of May commencement ceremonies.
At Morehouse College, there has been pushback to the announcement that President Joe Biden will speak at graduation May 19. Emory holds its graduation May 13, with Morehouse School of Medicine President and CEO Valerie Montgomery Rice scheduled to speak.
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(Staff writers Cassidy Alexander and Jozsef Papp contributed to this article. Material from the Associated Press was also used.)
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