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Suppress & Punish Protestors

1990

1990-01-01 Trump praised the Chinese government for their “strength and paramilitary action” during Tiananmen Square.

https://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/03/donald-trump-tianamen-square-putin-220610

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-praised-china-tiananmen-foreshadowing-response-to-george-floyd-protests-2020-6

https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/trumps-praise-for-china-over-tiananmen-square-year

2020

2020-06-01 Law enforcement used excessive force to remove racial justice protestors from Lafayette Square. Trump asked if he could order law enforcement to “just shoot” the protestors.

https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-releases/on-anniversary-of-june-1-crackdown-on-peaceful-protesters-in-lafayette-square-ranking-member-grijalva-releases-report-with-new-evidence-on-the-trump-administrations-involvement

https://www.acludc.org/lafayette-square-attack-timeline/

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-reaches-settlement-2020-cases-involving-lafayette-square-protester-rcna24325

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_photo_op_at_St._John%27s_Church

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/02/politics/esper-trump-protesters

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/25/donald-trump-general-mark-milley-crack-skulls

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1097517470/trump-esper-book-defense-secretary

2023

2023-12-30 Brendan Carr posted on X, “Free speech is the counterweight - it is democracy’s check on government control. That’s why censorship is the authoritarian’s dream…”

https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1827680330179842435

2024 March

2024-03-27 Governor Greg Abbott ordered colleges to revise free speech policies to target pro-Palestinian groups.

https://www.texastribune.org/2024/03/27/israel-hamas-war-texas-universities/

https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-44_antisemitism_in_institutions_of_higher_ed_IMAGE_03-27-2024.pdf

2024 April

2024-04-01 In all fairness, there were multiple anti-war protests condemning the genocide in Gaza while Biden was still in office.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/31/biden-pro-palestine-protest-israel

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-campus-protest-culture-that-targeted-biden-goes-silent-for-trump-iran-anti-war

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_protests_in_the_United_States

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_protest_vote_movements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE9fOY1K1Pk

2024-04-05 Governor Greg Abbott threatened Texas college students with expulsion for protesting the genocide in Gaza.

https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/greg-abbott-antisemitism-order-texas-colleges-pro-palestinian-student-groups/

2024-04-24 Mike Johnson called pro-Palestinian protestors “antisemitic”, threatened retaliatory measures to cut funding, and demanded the Columbia University president resign.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/04/24/mike-johnson-at-columbia-university-protests/73439004007/

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/24/congress/johnson-demands-columbia-prez-resign-00154063

2024 May

2024-05-01 During a rally in Waukesha Wisconsin, Trump referred to protestors as “radicals” and told his crowd to “save the universities for normal people”.

2024-05-02 Lauren Boebert unsuccessfully tried to tear down a Palestinian flag during a protest at George Washington University.

2024-05-02 Charlie Kirk posted on X, “Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free.” 

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5544342/where-could-the-u-s-government-restrict-free-speech

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/protecting-free-speech-in-the-face-of-government-retaliation

2024-05-30 A nurse from New York was fired after referring to the war in Gaza a genocide during her acceptance speech for the compassion award.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nurse-fired-hesen-jabr-calling-gaza-war-genocide-compassion-award/

2024 June

2024-06-03 Columbia Law refused to take down a Palestine article, so the board of directors took down the entire website.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/academic-freedom/2024/06/06/unprecedented-board-shutters-columbia-law-review2024-09-11 Trump was recorded on Fox News requesting preferred anchors for the debate.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-insults-fox-news-anchors-163830353.html

2025 February

2025-02-13 After a series of pro-Palestinian demonstrations, The Committee on Education and Workforce targeted Columbia University, demanding case files and proposed and enacted sanctions in response to a list of alleged antisemitic incidents from April 2024 through January 2025.

https://edworkforce.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2.13.25_columbia_letter.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHlQwOHuesY

https://www.courthousenews.com/students-sue-columbia-university-to-block-release-of-records-to-house-committee/

2025 March

2025-03-04 Trump claimed protests were illegal and threatened funding from any college which allowed them.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/04/trump-university-funding-protests

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/trump-columbia-university-federal-funding/

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114104167452161158

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/13/us/protests-legal-illegal-constitution-trump

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/04/trump-college-protests-israel-gaza-funding

2025-03-15 After protesting the genocide, Leqaa Kordia was detained and accused of overstaying her F-1 Visa. She has been detained for over a year before being released. She reports she endured seizures, was forced to shower in chains, and was not allowed to contact family or lawyers. She said in a statement the detention centers were “built to break people and destroy their health and hope”.

https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2026/02/13/nj-woman-arrested-at-columbia-protest-alleges–inhumane–conditions-in-ice-detention

https://www.amnestyusa.org/urgent-actions/usa-release-detained-protester/

https://apnews.com/article/leqaa-kordia-ice-immigration-trump-f3c4cb201d00038313f202653b3f4673

2025-03-25 The administration revoked Tufts doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk’s visa after she co-authored a pro-Palestinian article. She was detained by ICE for six weeks before a court ordered her release.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T98wJrupDMA

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/18/rumeysa-ozturk-trauma-children-ice-gaza

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/07/detained-tufts-student-rumeysa-ozturk-ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/ice-agents-detain-tufts-university-graduate-student

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rumeysa-ozturk-tufts-student-denied-bond/

2025-03-27 Marco Rubio revoked over 300 student visas in retaliation for protests, saying, “Every time I find one of these lunatics I take away their visa”.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/27/marco-rubio-student-visas-palestine-00005141

2025 April

2025-04-03 Tufts University confirmed that a second student’s visa was terminated without notification.

https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2025/04/tufts-confirms-second-student-visa-terminated-by-federal-government

2025-04-24 Governor Kim Reynolds signed House File 472 SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) which targets cases meant to intimidate a person from exercising their First Amendment rights.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/30/trump-files-new-suit-over-iowa-poll-1-day-before-new-slapp-law-begins/84421357007/

2025 June

2025-06-02 Leaked emails exposed DHS use of the face-scanning app Mobile Fortify to add protestors to ICE databases.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Fortify#:~:text=In%20June%202025%2C%20use%20of,%2C%20China%2C%20India%20and%20Malaysia.

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5717031/ice-dhs-immigrants-surveillance-confrontation-deportation-mobile-fortify

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/ice-facial-recognition-minnesota

2025-06-08 Stephen Miller claimed protests in Los Angeles were “an insurrection against the laws and sovereignty of the United States”.

https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/6/8/protesters-tear-gas-in-los-angeles-as-trump-deploys-national-guar

2025-06-08 Trump decried that protestors in Los Angeles should be arrested for wearing masks.

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114650947329138948

2025-06-11 A federal judge blocked Trump from deporting Mahmoud Khalil, ruling that it was unconstitutional to detain or deport someone based on their political advocacy.

https://mondoweiss.net/2025/06/federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-continuing-to-detain-mahmoud-khalil-over-his-political-activism/

2025 July

2025-07-15 U.S. Army Veteran Bajin Mavalwalla was arrested at his home one month after he participated in an anti-ice protest and faced up to six (6) years in prison for alleged conspiracy to impede an ICE officer. During the protest, 93 justice attorneys received a memo demanding they prioritize prosecutions of anti-ICE protesters. Of the attorneys who would not comply for obvious ethical reasons, they were either ousted or forced to resign.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/us-army-veteran-ice-protest-trial

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2026/jan/10/bajun-mavalwalla-ii-makes-first-public-statement-f/

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edwa/pr/defendants-charged-assaulting-federal-law-enforcement-officers-other-offenses-during

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/us-attorney-quits-over-ice-protest-case/gm-GM2CE84762

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujr8ktg4epY&t=458s

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/justice-department-prosecutors-immigration/

https://whbl.com/2025/06/12/prosecutors-told-to-prioritize-publicize-cases-tied-to-trump-immigration-protests/

2025 October

2025-10-29 Kat Abughazaleh was indicted for protesting. She called the charges “yet another attempt by the Trump administration to criminalize protest and punish those who dare to speak up”.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-indicts-democratic-congressional-candidate-kat-abughazaleh-ice-pro-rcna240584

https://theintercept.com/2025/11/01/briefing-podcast-kat-abughazaleh-indictment-protest/

https://capitolnewsillinois.com/news/democratic-candidates-officeholders-indicted-for-impeding-agent-outside-ice-facility/

2026 January

2026-01-15 Trump said he would invoke the Insurrection Act against protests in Minneapolis.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/minneapolis-live-updates-tensions-flare-federal-officer-shoots-man-dhs-rcna254161

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-threatens-to-use-insurrection-act-to-put-down-protests-in-minneapolis

2026-01-24 Stephen Miller was implicated of encouraging DHS tactics that contributed to confrontations preceding the death of Alex Pretti.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/trump-administration-alex-pretti-shooting-statements

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/politics/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-trump

https://www.axios.com/2026/01/27/trump-stephen-miller-massacre-minnesota-shooting

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcpe9YceyyQ

https://newrepublic.com/post/208362/stephen-miller-orders-ice-alex-pretti-death

https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/trump-aide-miller-says-minneapolis-agents-may-have-breached-protocol/article_ccdc814a-ee9c-5a33-8577-0322697b789b.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/us/stephen-miller-alex-pretti-shooting.html

2026-01-30 Florida Republican James Fishback said that Don Lemon was “lucky that he’s not getting executed in the public square”.

https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/james-fishback-says-don-lemon-lucky-hes-not-getting-executed-public-square

ABOUT FISHBACK https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/james-fishback-radical-rights-great-white-hope

FISHBACK PODCAST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOVEIliJ3dM

2026 February

2026-02-02 Former Army Ranger Ian Austin was arrested at a protest and charged with terrorism-related offenses.

TIMESTAMP 3:30 INTERVIEW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogFdQx4H98g&list=WL&index=1&t=261s

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/02/army-veteran-ian-austin-ice-protest-minneapolis-st-paul-church-don-lemon-released/\

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/01/army-veteran-ian-austin-arrested-for-protesting-st-paul-church-service

2026-02-13 New York politicians proposed banning protests with a 25-foot buffer zone around every house of worship.

https://www.nyclu.org/commentary/why-banning-protest-around-houses-of-worship-adds-fuel-to-trumps-fight-against-free-speech

https://www.thejewishnews.com/jewish-telegraphic-agency/pro-israel-and-anti-zionist-jews-clash-at-nyc-council-hearing-on-protest-buffer-zones/article_212c3af2-a0d1-4162-a9c1-56682a42eae4.html

2026 March

2026-03-28 The White House responded to a third No Kings protest in a statement, “The only people who care about these Trump Derangement therapy sessions are the reporters who are paid to cover them”.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/no-kings-rallies-draw-crowds-across-u-s-and-europe-as-springsteen-headlines-minnesota-demonstration

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq8wy7g1gd1o

https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/no-kings-protests-in-maryland/

2026 April

2026-04-08 Pentagon official Elbridge Colby threatened Pope Leo XIV, saying, “The United States has the military power to do whatever it wants in the world. The Catholic Church had better take its side”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZkia_-POE&list=WL&index=6&t=27s

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/pentagon-threatened-pope-criticized-trump-212552754.html

https://religionnews.com/2026/04/08/pentagon-vatican-meeting-latest-flash-point-in-trumps-clash-with-religious-leaders/

https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-reacts-report-us-official-issued-threat-vatican-ambassador-11802350

https://www.thefp.com/p/why-the-vatican-and-the-white-house

https://www.wionews.com/trending/-church-had-better-take-its-side-did-trump-officials-threaten-vatican-1775712787142

PAY WALL https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-official-gives-vatican-bitter-lecture-amid-growing-rift/

2026-04-14 The same DOJ that wants to fire people for speaking out about Charlie Kirk or deport people for protesting genocide MOVED TO VACATE the most serious J6 convictions by the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, making it as though these most severe crimes never even happened.

https://abcnews.com/Politics/doj-moves-vacate-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers/story?id=132042992

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/doj-moves-to-erase-seditious-conspiracy-convictions-of-oath-keepers-proud-boys-in-jan-6-cases

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-moves-dismiss-jan-6-convictions-proud-boys-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5831248-justice-department-seeks-vacation-proud-boys-convictions/

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/15/g-s1-117473/justice-department-toss-seditious-conspiracy

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/04/14/department-of-justice-looks-to-throw-out-convictions-related-to-jan-6/89615190007/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/14/january-6-convictions-overturn-doj-proud-boys-oath-keepers

2026-04-16 Tennessee enacted House Bill 1476 “Charlie Kirk Act,” restricting campus walkouts and certain protest activities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ5hlrDtFYk&list=WL&index=3&t=98s

https://www.wkrn.com/news/tennessee-politics/charlie-kirk-act-passed/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/04/gop-passes-charlie-kirk-act-that-could-expel-students-who-anti-lgbtq-speakers/

https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-act-tennessee-free-speech-11837604

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1476&GA=114

2026-04-20 At least 62 elderly and disabled Veterans were arrested for conducting a peaceful anti-war protest at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington D.C. organized by About Face .

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/21/headlines/military_veterans_and_family_members_arrested_in_capitol_hill_protest_against_iran_war

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5840253-protesters-occupy-capitol-building/

https://www.thenational.scot/news/26038238.62-veterans-arrested-anti-iran-war-protest-us-congress-building/

2026-04-27 The Trump administration instructed DHS and immigration officers to deny green cards to anyone who protested views that didn’t align with Trump, including criticizing Israel or supporting Palestine.

https://people.com/trump-administration-immigrants-can-be-denied-green-cards-expressing-political-opinions-11959002

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/27/headlines/nyt_dhs_seeks_to_deny_green_cards_to_immigrants_whove_criticized_israel

2026 May

2026-05-02 Police arrested 8 protesters in New York for protesting the violent arrest of a Nigerian man.

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/5/4/police-clash-with-protesters-after-ice-arrest-in-new-york

https://www.bbc.com/pidgin/articles/c8e8w0rnn2do

https://www.foxnews.com/us/anti-ice-demonstrators-detained-protesting-arrest-illegal-immigrant-facing-assault-drug-charges

UNVERIFIED https://gazettengr.com/riots-break-out-in-new-york-as-ice-agents-arrest-nigerian-chidozie-okeke-over-expired-documents-drug-possession/

2026-05-03 Bay Bridge takeover by several vehicles. At least nine people were arrested and 77 vehicles were impounded.

https://abc7news.com/post/23-people-charged-illegal-bay-bridge-sideshow-dozens-atvs-dirt-bikes-seized-police/19057577/

https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/charges-filed-bay-bridge-takeover/4081559/

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/bay-bridge-crackdown-traps-illegal-120800984.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFJYojZ4DMQ&list=WL&index=5

2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_tXMhvKvTs

2023 https://www.kcra.com/article/protesters-shut-down-bay-bridge-heading-san-francisco/45862462

2024 https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/bay-bridge-78-gaza-ceasefire-protesters-announce-agreement-avoid-jail-time/

2026 June

2026-06-15 In Britain four Palestine activists were sentenced as terrorists without conviction for protesting in 2024.

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/06/uk-terrorist-sentence-for-palestine-action-marks-dangerous-move-against-right-to-protest/

2026-06-24 Eight protesters received decades-long sentences and declared terrorists for demonstrating outside detention centers, with former Marine reserivst Benjaimin Song receiving a 100-year sentence for participating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IYVyPLd17Y&list=WL&index=4&t=74s

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/25/prairieland_nine

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/anti-ice-protesters-sentenced-to-decades-in-prison-in-latest-crackdown-on-dissent

2026 July

2026-07-01 Air Force Major Jason Watson was arrested at the Capitol for holding a sign up calling for the impeachment of Trump.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnefF2SR3jo&list=WL&index=1

2026-07-02 Seven more people were arrested and given harsh sentences and convicted of terrorism for protesting the year prior. One person received a 50 year sentence.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/2/headlines/seven_more_receive_harsh_sentences_for_terrorism_after_attending_protest_at_texas_ice_jail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/01/protest-shooting-texas-detention-center

2026-07-17 A Colorado prison guard shot a protester.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/7/20/headlines/colorado_prison_guard_faces_multiple_charges_after_shooting_protesters_outside_ice_jail

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/colorado-ice-employee-arrested-shooting-protester

https://coloradonewsline.com/briefs/colorado-ice-shooting-protester/

2026-07-21 The US appeals court overturned a ruling requiring release of pro-Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi.

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-appeals-court-overturns-ruling-release-pro-palestinian-activist-mohsen-mahdawi

https://www.thecollegefix.com/court-rules-against-perpetual-college-student-slated-for-deportation/