Tough Look: Cops Clear Pro-Palestine Protest at U of A

May 13 2024 • 1 hr 8 mins

Have you seen the video of baton-wielding police officers clearing a pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Alberta? Current and former students and professors are speaking out, ripping the U of A for calling in the cops. Meantime, University president Bill Flanagan is doubling down, saying it's his job to "take all reasonable measures to prevent harm." What's the right call here? How do demonstrations - regardless of theme - factor into a post-secondary institution's mandate? We get into it with Charles Adler.

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6:45 | Chuck takes a look at a nasty cross-check to Oilers superstar Connor McDavid's face, cops clearing protestors at the University of Alberta (15:30), a Conservative MP calling out Tim Horton's (30:35), Donald Trump comparing migrants to Hollywood's most famous cannibal (34:00), and Naheed Nenshi calling United Conservative MLAs "monkeys" (39:10).

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