A high ranking NYPD official characterized NYU faculty linking hands and refusing to move—a classic tactic of *peaceful* protest—as aggression toward its officers and he got it uncritically published by the local Fox station and every outlet that aggregated from them. wapo.st/3UwN0Vf 🎁

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) 2024-04-23T18:09:42.287Z

Hey, authority figures are once again expanding the definition of “aggression” in ways that criminalize passive resistance.