“There is no First Amendment right to damage property, break windows, barricade doors and endanger people’s safety.”

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey. Frey vetoed a resolution approved by the City Council that called on the University of Minnesota to drop all disciplinary actions against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian protest in October. A 7-6 council majority expressed support for “nonviolent campus activism opposing war and supporting Palestinian human rights,” but the university says the protest was in fact violent. (Minneapolis Star Tribune – Dec. 9, 2024)