Violent suppression of student protests defines US democracy


Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on May 2. — AP

A TASTE of American democracy is being rolled out currently with the violent suppression of student protests across campuses all over the United States.

What started with a handful of colleges and universities had spread like wildfire, and at the time of writing, reached 75 institutions in all.

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