Colleges Cracking Down on Pro-Palestinian Protests Raise Questions About Outsiders

Amid a dizzying array of standoffs involving pro-Palestinian demonstrations and encampments at colleges, schools that cracked down on protesters over the weekend have given varying justifications for their actions, while others sent mixed signals with their inaction.Behind it all was a central question confronting university leaders across the country: When does a demonstration cross the line?Colleges have cited property damage, outside provocateurs, antisemitic expressions or just failures to heed warnings as reasons to clear encampments and arrest students. Student groups have strongly…