🇵🇸 the University of New Mexico is camping for for a free Palestine!! 🇵🇸
UNM is not happy about this
our encampment lives!! we made it through night 1!!!
[ID: a cardboard sign saying “cops go home we’re staying”]
Day 3 of the encampment!! we’re still here!!!
Day 4!!! we are not leaving until UNM divests!!
[ID: A lamp post with the Palestine flag hanging from it. a sign says “the revolution will be incentivized feed the people protect the people house the people educate the people” a sign below it says “cease fire” in all caps]
Day 5!!!
numbers dwindled as dead week approaches. we only had ~11 people this night. cops left expired citations early in the night but left and did not return! one demonstrated real maturity (/sarcasm) by putting an L to their forehead while passing us
we are still here and we will be here until UNM divests!!
police raided camp, stole a bunch of shit we are allowed to have, and then assaulted someone at the camp.
day 6! last night police gave notice that we are not allowed to sleep there anymore. they harassed the group 4 times during the night to make sure no one was sleeping. people stayed overnight with little to no rest.
day 7! resident life and student housing wants us gone by Monday. we have no plans to leave. last night the cops visited several times but most of the time they left before reaching camp. one of the times that they made it to camp they pushed me around alongside at least 2 other people. no one was injured or arrested.
if anyone could support us with some phone calls we could really use some help. police have been becoming increasingly violent. in particular officer Nicole Thorn (badge # 1238) and Travis Lente (badge # 1252) have been violent towards students. please help by calling the following numbers and demanding that, at minimum, they be reassigned due to their pattern of escalation and aggression. PROTECT THE PACK! HANDS OFF OUR STUDENTS!
Joseph Silva, Chief (505)277-1933
Christine Chandler, Deputy Chief (505)277-1934
Arturo Gonzalez, Commander, (505)277-3065
Tim Stump, Commander, (505)277-1935
Pete Guevera, Lieutenant, (505)277-0992
cops came by again and shoved me again. this time not just shoulder checking me but using their hands to full force shove me. I was the only one shoved and I was not injured. they are planning to remove us tonight and if they’re using this much force in the daytime they will only use more at night.
[ID: a sign with a duck on the left wearing a kufiya. on the right it says “UNM Divests Dislocate Declare These are our demands” in all caps]
the camp survived the night! happy day 8!!!
we! are! still! here!
RLSH still wants us gone today so we’ll likely be facing violence from the police. we’re very worried about the possibility of tear gas being deployed in camp. we are prepared for this but calling UNM PD is so helpful. let them know that the world is watching them and that they will not get away with harming us.
today we’re holding a rally and march at 6pm. we demand:
Declare; a public call for ceasefire and an end to the occupation
Disclosure; of all UNM investments
Divestment; from all companies involved in the genocide of Palestinians
[ID: a pillar in a building with art on it saying “FREE GAZA LIBERATION NOW” with a watermelon]
We took the student union building!!!! 🎉🎉
28+ state police cars outside, 10+ UNM PD, no arrests so far
multiple people were maced and arrested but we held the building until about 4am
camp is back up!
one of my friends was pretty badly beaten by riot police
camp is still going! it’s day 10? 11? I’ve lost track I pulled an all nighter yesterday it doesn’t feel like the protest was two nights ago. a total of 16 people were arrested and many people experienced police brutality. multiple people sustained injuries from the police. almost, if not all, of our comrades are out of jail
[ID: a person inside a building with orange-pink hair wearing a face shield sitting on a water jug in front of a line of protesters holding box lids as shields. they are facing a line of riot cops.]
It’s day 15!!!! we are officially the longest occupation of UNM campus in history. I have mixed feelings about this- it’s amazing that we’ve stuck around for so long but I wish we didn’t have to. I wish our demands were met so we could leave.
