UMass commencement speaker cancels after protest arrests
Author Colson Whitehead withdrew as speaker from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commencement after the university called in police on pro-Palestinian protesters.
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Author Colson Whitehead withdrew as speaker from the University of Massachusetts Amherst Commencement after the university called in police on pro-Palestinian protesters.
Police moved in and were seen forcibly removing some of the demonstrators who were blocking the entrance to a parking garage.
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