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Taking over a building is on the far end of "peaceful".
The majority of protests involve taking over space temporarily; that alone doesn't make them not peaceful.
They weren't invading/forcing their way into spaces that they weren't already openly invited to be in, nor were they violent towards officials that were demanding they leave (self-defense aside).
I specifically didn't say they were being violent. When asked to leave their presence becomes trespass. Being somewhere you aren't supposed to be gets to the far side of "peaceful". You're not violent, maybe, but you're not lawful either. At that point the police are within their right to remove you.
Peaceful does not mean lawful. You can peacefully break the law.
The law is not always right - that is why it has the facility to be changed - and when laws are wrong it is a good citizen's duty to break them, as that is the first step to changing them.
Sure.... But...
Don't be vague. We're talking about trespassing. Somebody peaceably trespassing in your living room would be a pretty big deal.
It's fine that they protested, but expect to be arrested when you refuse to vacate a building you're trespassing in.
Fun fact: trespassing isn't even a crime everywhere, not on its own. Also, trespassing doesn't occur automatically, in a nutshell you have to be notified and then remain on the property in spite of notice - this is why No Trespassing signs are a thing, they serve as notice.
Here, the students had every right to be there so were only trespassing after they were told to leave but remained. You're absolutely right that they should expect to be arrested after this point. However, they should not expect nor do they deserve to be assaulted by police acting unlawfully (yet apparently shielded by the legal system).
These people think that trespassing into the country is fine and not cause for deportation, so you’re not going to get an intelligent answer from them on this topic.
Maybe you could try making an intelligent comment yourself, before you criticise others?
They refused to leave, so they were trespassing. They then became violent when they were made to stay until the police got there, and were violent towards the police.
If you prevent them from leaving at any point you invalidate the accusation of trespass.
You have literally said you are for the armement of Israel. Of course any protest against Israel is too violent for you.
Yes? If a bunch of Trump supporters took over the same building, would you have the same attitude about it?
Ohhh, Mr. "gotcha question" showed up.
Feel free to complain that I didn't answer your question like you deserve one
Okay.