Albuquerque –
Universities across the country have witnessed organized protests by pro-Palestinian activists advocating for the severance of all ties between universities, companies and lobbying groups that support the Israeli government and its ongoing conflict. These groups have barricaded entrances and occupied buildings at college campuses, leading some institutions to shift to virtual learning and cancel graduation ceremonies.
On April 29th, 2024, the University of New Mexico witnessed their own takeover by a pro-Palestine group of protesters comprised of over 100 individuals. They utilized the early afternoon to conduct educational seminars in the Duck Pond about protest tactics and their underlying cause. Additionally, they leveraged social media to solicit donations from the public to support their occupation of UNM throughout the day.
Last night, they marched to the Student Union Building (SUB) and occupied it. They did various chants and even graffitied the inside of the SUB. One Instagram video showed a man stating, “This is a place for studying,” as he was being surrounded by the protestors, his pleas for learning were being drowned out by protester chants. The protestors were seen chaining tents to poles in an effort to show people they were not leaving.
The tents and chains used are from companies that have pro-Israel connections and our research on the internet did not find any pro-Palestine companies. The majority of all the supplies used by the protesters are actually made from oil, but Palestine is not even permitted to drill for oil.
UNM sent out a LoboAlert just before 9AM advising people to avoid the area and they announced the closure of the SUB. UNM Regents requested additional assistance from the New Mexico State Police to help disperse the protesters. Public address announcements were made, urging the protesters to leave the area peacefully. The protesters instead established makeshift barricades with tables and chairs inside the SUB.
The New Mexico State Police Emergency Response Team arrived on the scene and entered the SUB to start removing the protesters. There was pushing and shoving as State Police finally cleared the building in the early morning hours of April 30th, 2024. Police arrested over 16 people stemming from the incident. Some of those arrested are students or work for UNM, while others are community activists.
“We’ll follow our normal processes regarding violations of the student code of conduct, which are handled by the Dean of Students. This includes investigating allegations and any discipline,” said Cinnamon Blair Chief Marketing and Communications Officer for UNM.
Arrested protesters were charged with criminal trespass and wrongful use of public property after being asked to leave. Both charges are misdemeanor offenses. A legal fund set up by the protesters has already been initiated, and they have lawyers who assist in defending the protesters at these events with legal aid.
Who has been booked so far:
Emery Schmidt, 33, of Albuquerque.
Stephanie Mendoza, 32, of Brush Prairie, Washington.
Sophia Ellis-Young, 23, of Albuquerque.
Alexander Schlesinger, 27, of Albuquerque.
Hope Alvarado, 28, of Albuquerque.
Naomi Meiseles, 22, a UNM undergraduate student.
Athenx Lindlan, 39, of Albuquerque.
Isabel Spafford, 25, of Albuquerque.
Devin Ray, 22, of Albuquerque.
Abbey Myrick, 36, of Placitas, and a UNM student in graduate programs.
Abigail Merhege, 19, of Albuquerque. She is reportedly a Regent’s Scholar at the University of New Mexico Honors College. She is an undergraduate at UNM, and works at UNMH Department of Pathology.
Nicholas Martin, 21, of Los Alamos, and a UNM undergraduate student.
Anton Oliver Becker-Stumpf, 21, of Albuquerque.
Samantha Hughes-Hobbs, 35, of Albuquerque
Cassidy Boe, 28, of Albuquerque, and a graduate assistant at UNM.
Dakota Steele, 22, of Albuquerque.
The SUB did have graffiti, glass damage, and furniture damage. As of this posting, no one has been charged with those incidents. The ultimate damage will likely exceed felony levels of property damage. UNM Spokesman Blair said they are assessing the damage and will provide us with a total.
UNM has issued an alert stating that the Student Union Building (SUB) will be closed until further notice. This closure comes during a crucial period for UNM students, as it is Finals Week at the school.
We must take control of this Crimmel behavior. They need to understand the USA is not involded with this. People that are employees need to be terminated from their jobs. This is all out of control . Needs to stop period
Are you kidding me? The US is the biggest reason this shit is still going on. The students are useful idiots, as they have been and always are, but the US government is totally culpable for all this strife. Keep in mind, there wouldn’t be an Israel around to commit war crimes against kids if we didn’t stick our noses into British business in the 40s.
Israel is a real country. “palestine” has never existed in all of recorded history.
Love your posts – keep it up… These Skik Skukkers are the new vile scum of america- Indeed Extermination needs to happen
Look at these genetic rejects holy shit
Any lawyer who helps them should loose their license. Plus they look like professional protesters. I bet that Boe person has been arrested multiple times at different locations. Her mugshot looks like some from other places in the country posted on X. She also looks like the main organizer. Send her to Hamasland so they can do what they do to those kind. We kno the law enforcement system in New Mexico is skewed towards communist and criminals. Taxpayers and victims be damned.
I’m betting that absolutely NOTHING happens to these miscreant despot, commie Marxists. The cops should have been called in IMMEDIATELY when they hijacked the duck pond over the weekend. This is finals week for many students. The pond area is where we study. Same for the SUB. UNM is all in with their DEI, CRT, Marxist ideologies, and we’ve seen this playing out for years. No one is surprised at this who has a working brain.
This is nothing more than spineless, kowtowing to the pukes who have been brain washed by radical islamist/fascist Marxists, about the Hitlerian massacre of women, children, and babies baked alive in ovens on Oct. 7th in Israel, right in front of their parents. Over 1300 of them were innocently massacred.
Hamas is a terrorist organization and we have these puke students, local, state, and US congressional representatives claiming that THEY ARE Hamas and sympathize with the palestinians, who elected Hamas as their leaders some 14 years ago. OUTRAGEOUS!! It is disgusting, pathetic, egregious, and these people should be arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. They are our enemy. THIS is an insurrection, folks!!! NOT Jan. 6th. Makes me sick to my stomach to see how rapidly our country is heading toward its ultimate demise.
Israel was attacked people. They are justified in extracting justice. Get a grip pepole. No different than when the twin towers were attacked..
On a different note. It’s not ok to HATE. Pro Palestinian protests are promoting HATE… Students are Doctronated not educated now days. Anyone working for UNM and protesting should be terminated
May these little Leftist/Marxist shits meet the same bloody fate as all the feral “palestinians” they love so dearly.
Remember, folks: civilized people must kill vermin to preserve civilization.
And to think this is what America’s youth has become. If in school, they should be expelled. I’ll guarantee you not one of them can find Texas on a U.S. map let alone protest on behalf of “Palestinians.”
Of course we know none of these little shit bags are engineering majors. When I went to that cesspool of leftist stink, I was a EE major. Engineer majors barely had time to take a shit, let alone go and cause trouble on campus. I am going to bet these frumpy fuck bags are most likely wasting thousands of dollars of debt to get a useless degree that qualifies them to do what a high school dropout will do. I figure they probably are all majoring in useless garbage like gender studies, African hoodrat studies, sociology with an emphasis on advance Marxism and probably a few fine arts and art history majors in the bunch. I don’t see these shit eating leftists doing much with their lives other then waiting tables, going to their roach infested war zone apartments to smoke weed and bitch about their $60K debt for the piece of paper not even worthy to wipe my ass with.
Lol looks like Sophia was resisting arrest…
These assholes are just ANTIFA 2.0. This shit is just a continuation of anti-white rhetoric in guise of antisemitism, which they will claim is anti-zionism. Of course historically Israel belonged to the 12 tribes of Judea. There was no such thing as fucking Palastine until the Roman’s conquered it and a certain region was called palestina. Of course none of that shit matters to these gender studies Marxists. They see this as Israel is Eurocentric, i.e. white colonizers, Palestine is the brown people of the oppressed. The thing is that they are so stupid, because most of Israel are exiled Arab jews from Iran, Iraq and the Lavant as well as Jews from African nations. There are more brown skinned Jews in Israel then there are white Euro ones. Of course, these numbskulls get their info from some 5 foot 4 pansy ass beta male professor of Advanced Marxism from UNM. Our local politicians not only will not do anything about them. They are in solidarity with them. A month ago after watching a live city council meeting, district 2’s Concilman Baca, made a motion for our city to support Palestine, as if that is the most important piece of business this city needs to worry about and not the guy taking a shit in the ally stewing in his own piss behind the city hall building.