General david petraeus rocky first days as a lecturer at the city university of new york only got rockier this week. David petraeus as he makes his way to his first class. Students accuse general petraeus of being a war criminal. Cuny protestors harass lecturer david petraeus because of. As students were chanting war criminal petraeus out of cuny now, i was shocked to see several police officers grab and brutalize one of the demonstrators, said city college student yexenia vanegas, according to the pressrelease. Apr 24, 20 former cia director david petraeus to teach at cuny. The heavily policed and protected scene, a response to protests against gen. Sep 12, 20 a video posted on youtube titled cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus shows petraeus walking through a gauntlet of students who aggressively taunt him for close to 90 seconds. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus video. The twoway the retired generals tenure with the university began with drama and it continued as he walked to work on monday. Calls grow for city university of new york to drop david. Mar 30, 2010 in their book, the fourth star, which profiles four postvietnam american generals, david cloud and greg jaffe describe captain petraeuss method for improving the efficiency of vehicle repair. Academics join opposition to petraeus professorship, violent. The plea agreement and corresponding statement of facts, both signed by the defendant, indicate that he will plead guilty to the onecount criminal information.
Cuny student groups, adjuncts, professors and outside supporters have formed the adhoc committee against the militarization of cuny, who call for war criminal petraeus, rotc, military. The students call petraeus a piece of shit, fascist, disgusting imperialist and war criminal. Cuny students arrested while protesting petraeus face. David howell petraeus ao, msc is a retired united states army general and public official. Since the city university of new york cuny announced petraeus. Sep 23, 20 general petraeus, war crimes and culpability september 23, 20 by brooklyn culture jammers in history, peace protesters, protests leave a comment four of the six students arrested during an impromptu protest of petraeus at a cuny fundraiser. He said they protest because they believe petraeus is a war criminal. Watch cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus humble soul on dailymotion.
Petraeus has been subject to a campaign of verbal abuse by individuals including some students enrolled in macaulay honors college and some cuny faculty members. The purpose of the protest is to let the administration know that war criminals cannot be. Scores of academics at the city university of new york have signed a petition calling for charges against six students, arrested during a protest against david petraeus, to be dropped. The students hounded the retired fourstar general for his role in the iraq war as well as the scandal in his personal life.
Oversaw the surge in iraq and the current escalation of the war in afghanistan overall responsibili. Cuny students arrested while protesting petraeus face multiple charges including disorderly conduct kevin gosztola 20919 former cia director and exgeneral, david petraeus creative commons. David petraeus was hired to teach cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus conservative daily news. This isnt 1st amendment, this is blatant harassment and disrespect. Former cia chief petraeus heckled, booed out of cuny ny uni. Home news ccny psychologist testifies in landmark war crimes case dr. Sep, 20 but after some cuny students protested against petraeus at the macaulay honors collegewhere he will teachmonday to have him removed, citing his war history, we wanted to know what ccny students felt about him teaching. Adeyinka akinsuluresmith, assistant professor of psychology at ccny and an expert on gender crimes and posttraumatic stress disorder, testified at the war crimes trial of a former congolese leader in the hague. David petraeus enters into plea deal with justice department. New video exposes nypd brutalizing students in protest. Why is general petraeus considered a war criminal by some. David petraeus is being hounded by noisy student protests every time he moves about campus at cuny where he is a visiting professor. To those students who called him a scumbag and war criminal. Protesters hound david petraeus before lecture at cuny.
The academics have also called for the former fourstar general to resign from his teaching role at cuny. Cuny students chase and harass david petraeus on his first. Mr online statement of support to cuny students attacked. Academics join cuny david petraeus protests as nypd. Petraeus an open letter to cuny chancellor william kelly. Most of our students at cuny are from the working class and from. Members of the revolutionary student coordinating committee rscc, the six arrestees were involved in organizing multiple actions targeting petraeus presence. David petraeus, kkrs ambassador at cuny honors college al. General petraeus didnt deserve the war criminal heckling.
Controversy still continues as exgeneral david petraeus. Its hard to make out a lot of what theyre saying, but theres a lot of war criminal. The video showing the confrontation is just now gaining traction online. Part1 cuny students and rscc confront david petraeus 99. If anyone ever tries to tell you that most colleges havent been taken over by liberals, you can always remind them about this lovely display by students at cuny. General petraeus, war crimes and culpability the brooklyn. Sep 09, 20 dick cavett on fame, george harrison and the worst interview he ever did duration. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus youtube.
Retired army general david petraeus met by protests and. David petraeus is harassed by angry students on first day teaching. The majority were undergraduate students from city college, hunter college, queens college and other campuses of the cuny. In one of the most sickening displays of disrespect toward a veteran since the vietnam war, students swore at and harassed retired army gen. In 20, the cuny administration made the provocative political decision to hire war criminal david petraeus, former cia chief and excommander of the iraqafghanistan wars, to teach at cunys macaulay honors college. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus this terrorist is the planner of the military war in syria. Ad hoc committee against the militarization of cuny, moc. Monday with inyourface shouts of war criminal and scumbag and promises. Over 100,000 civilians are thought to have died during the invasion and occupation. Since the city university of new york cuny announced petraeus would teach a seminar in the honors college, theres been.
Jun 23, 2016 dieinvigil for ferguson and gaza, john jay collegecuny, october 8, 2014. Sep 11, 20 protesters hound david petraeus before lecture at cuny. For the most part, students we spoke to seemed indifferent. Protests charge petraeus war criminal workers world. Cuny students harass david petraeus business insider. They also chant every class, david, and petraeus out of cuny. Academics join opposition to petraeus professorship.
The internationalist clubs call on students, faculty, staff and campus workers to. David petraeus is harassed by angry mob of students on his way to teach his first class at city university of new york. Good for gen r petraeus maintaining professionalism. Cuny students chase and harass david petraeus on his first day of class. Petraeus, who many consider a war criminal, supervised a regime of torture in iraq while head of the occupying american army. David petraeus harassed, mocked by new york college students fascist. I wonder if they know the story about him getting shot accidentally as a battalion commander by one of his troops at a rifle range. Above is a video of outraged students confronting him about his bloodstained record. If you are a cuny student, a new york student, or just a regular person who despises the misery under which people all over the world are subjected to because of the action of imperialist war criminals like petraeus, we invite you all to join the liber8 cuny front this monday and speak out against the overall militarization of the university. Trotter reported last week that david petraeus will receive a huge sum from cuny to teach exactly two courses, the schools decision has ballooned.
November 1952 in cornwallon hudson, orange county, new york war vom sommer 2011 bis zum 9. Among the hecklers shouting, petraeus was called war criminal. In the clip, a group of cuny students trails petraeus, hurling epithets at the former commander of americas wars in iraq and afghanistan. The twoway the former cia chief and retired general, whose military career has been overshadowed by charges that he gave classified. September 9, demanding ouster of war criminal petraeus.
On june 20, five days after the professional staff congress psc teachers and staff union reached a tentative contract agreement with the city university of new york administration, the board of trustees bot convened a public hearing on a proposed policy for freedom of expression and expressive conduct. Petraeus transformed counterinsurgency from a frownedupon term to american military policy. The family moved after the war, settling in cornwallonhudson, where david. Ccny students react to david petraeus teaching at cuny. Feb 22, 2015 cuny administration must be clear that the students and the community of new york will not tolerate an enemy of the people being allowed to teach his imperialist ideology to the students in our university, and they will not tolerate the overall militarization of cuny. Students accused the fourstar general of being a war criminal. In september 20 petraeus was harassed by students at cuny while. On may 1, 20, the university of southern california named david petraeus as a judge widney professor, a title reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business and community and national leadership. Watch a cop punch a student at this weeks petraeus protest. Protests of david petraeuss lectures to continue, say cuny students.
A video posted on youtube titled cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus shows petraeus walking through a gauntlet of students who aggressively taunt him for close to 90 seconds. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus youtube this makes my blood boil. Petraeus, who will be the next visiting professor of public policy at the universitys macaulay honors college, had been approached by many universities, but settled on cuny because he admires its diversity of students, locations and offerings, his lawyer, robert barnett, said in an interview. Sep 19, 20 as graduate students and educators of cuny, we express our outrage at the violent and unprovoked actions by the nypd against cuny students peacefully protesting the appointment of war criminal david petraeus as a lecturer at the macaulay honors college. On september 17, six city university of new york cuny students were arrested in a demonstration against david petraeus, exgeneral and former director of the cia responsible for overseeing the occupations in iraq and afghanistan. Oct 25, 20 hundreds of students and others signed a petition protesting petraeus faculty position, suggesting cuny had become a war college. On the other hand, in the book fiasco, the washington post reporter tom.
Coalition of student groups at cuny say protest is to let the. Students were punched, pushed against parked vehicles and thrown. Oct 01, 20 the students, firmly in the antiwar camp, sought to protest what they viewed as harvards unseemly contribution to the war effort. Ccny psychologist testifies in landmark war crimes case the. Students were punched, pushed against parked vehicles and thrown to the pavement by police.
Petraeus punished the soldier who nearly took his life by helping him and giving him a ranger school slot. New york police attack students protesting excia chief. Revolutionary students arrested for denouncing a war criminal. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the times. Professor petraeus and his protestors general petraeus and his student protesters at the city university of new york, confront the vietnam syndrome. The harvard undergraduates shadowed dean may everywhere he went. On september 17, new york city police attacked students who were protesting the teaching appointment of david petraeus, former head of the cia and architect of. About 100 people came to todays protest against the first class given by david death squad petraeus at the macaulay honors college of the city university of new york. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the.
Thread info bookmark this thread trash this thread. And a general sense that they dont like him very much. David petraeus teaching a class at cuny, is a stark reminder of what many students and faculty at cuny are now calling. Unprovoked police attack on peaceful protest by cuny. Mar 03, 2015 david petraeus enters into plea deal with justice department.
Dick cavett on fame, george harrison and the worst interview he ever did duration. Sep 20, 20 scores of academics at the city university of new york have signed a petition calling for charges against six students, arrested during a protest against david petraeus, to be dropped. On the other hand, would the feds allow this to happen if petraeus had not gone off the reservation. Statement from the justice department on the criminal charges. Footage shows group calling former general and cia director a fascist, war criminal.
The students can be seen shouting at petraeus, stating he was a war criminal in a youtube video, titled cuny students confront war criminal petraeus, which has over 338,000 views as. How david petraeus turned americas most diverse university into a war zone by december 10, 20 january 1, 2014 written by peter rugh. About john jay john jay college of criminal justice. New york, ny six students were arrested tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack against a peaceful protest lead by city university of new york cuny students and faculty decrying the universitys appointment of former cia chief and exgeneral, david petraeus as an adjunct professor to the honors college. Dec 27, 2012 the insurgents, by fred kaplan, is a readable, thoroughly reported account of how gen. Academics join cuny david petraeus protests as nypd arrests. Cuny students arrested for protesting petraeus video. Sep 19, 20 six students were arrested tuesday evening in an unprovoked police attack against a peaceful protest lead by city university of new york cuny students and faculty decrying the universitys appointment of former cia chief and exgeneral, david petraeus as an adjunct professor to the honors college. Sep, 20 general david petraeus didnt have the best start to the school year. Most of our students at cuny are from the working class and from oppressed communities, specifically from families whose roots are in. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus general david petraeus didnt have the best start to the school year.
Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus via redplebeiandeactivated20150604 karinakairos liked this. Students, faculty protest presence of david petraeus at. Us students call petraeus war criminal when he wanted to. The students called petraeus a war criminal, a murderer and a. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the times of. Newspaper of cuny students from the internationalist. Arrested cuny 6 spark debate and continued protest against. Contact amsterdam news 2340 8th avenue new york, ny 10027 phone. Back in 2005, we initiated the campaign which spiked the sinister homeland security program at bmcc. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus. As graduate students and educators of cuny, we express our outrage at the violent and unprovoked actions by the nypd against cuny students peacefully protesting the appointment of war criminal. War criminal david petraeus, former commander of occupying forces in iraq and afghanistan and recently retired cia director, has been hired to teach at the city university of new york.
Complicity in the commission of a war crime plunder of public and private property, failure to protect civilians. Drive war criminal petraeus out of cuny with protest and exposure. The liberal site firedoglake spoke to cuny hunter college adjunct professor of latin american history s. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus original post jesus malverde.
The protesters from the city university of new york cuny followed petraeus as he walked down a street in new york city to teach his first class at the university. Forums xd talk xdtalk chatter box hounding of petraeus discussion in xdtalk chatter box started by js12278, sep 12, 20. In time, a peoples tribunal will be convened to deal with these scum. We deplore the use of violence and brutal tactics against cuny students and faculty who were. The criminal information charges the defendant with one count of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material, in violation of 18 u. A bunch of people posted on cuny s facebook, hopefully these idiots will get what they deserve.
It shows petraeus headed to his new job as a visiting professor at the city university of new york cuny, while young. Former cia director david petraeus to teach at cuny reuters. The insurgents, about david petraeus, by fred kaplan the. Theres blood all over you, i can smell it, one student yells. Students, faculty protest presence of petraeus at cuny. Six cuny student were arrested on tuesday while protesting outside macaulay. In september 20 petraeus was harassed by students at cuny while walking on campus. Sep 16, 20 i would like to express the concern of the national association of scholars for the academic freedom of dr. Petraeus is a war criminal guilty of the surge operations in the middle east. David petraeus received a less than warm welcome when he arrived for his first day of teaching at the city university of new york. Six protesters were arrested wednesday while peacefully protesting the city university of new york s newest adjunct professor exgeneral and c. Founded in 1964, john jay college of criminal justice a senior college of the city university of new york has evolved into the preeminent international leader in educating for justice in its many dimensions.