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From Bill Torpy: Emory and other college protests help Trump

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May 1, 2024
Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at the Emory campus in Atlanta on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Arvin Temkar/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)

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The arrival of police last Thursday to Emory’s quad created quite the commotion. Protestors and even some bystanders got tossed about and manhandled. Rounds of pepper balls were deployed to spice up an already chaotic situation. One person was tased.

The first of the two events I attended Monday at Emory was at Asbury Circle, the university’s gathering area. It was the same place, fittingly enough, where I spoke with students in 2016 after the infamous Trump Chalking Incident.

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During the 2016 election, a serial chalker in support of Donald Trump put Emory University in the news. A Trump opponent apparently added “STOP” in front of “TRUMP 2016.” And, yes, the first word in the chalk message is misspelled. Photo by AJC’s Bill Torpy
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A pro-Palestinian message chalked on the sidewalk of the Emory quad on Friday, April 26, 2024.   (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)

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Bill Torpy, who writes about metro Atlanta for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, joined the newspaper in 1990.

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