PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER MIKE NEELY, PRO TESTS HAVE ERUPTED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE. STUDENTS AND ACTIVISTS GENERALLY DEMANDING THEIR SCHOOLS AND THE GOVERNMENT QUIT FUNDING ISRAEL BECAUSE OF THE WAR. IN GAZA. IN MANY CASES, PROTESTERS LIKE HERE AT TULANE BUILT ENCAMPMENTS AND BLOCKED ACCESS TO CAMPUS BUILDINGS AND SOMETIMES EVEN PUBLIC STREETS. THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE TO EXPRESS OUR VIEWS IS A FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT. WE OFTEN EXERCISE OUR FREE SPEECH RIGHTS IN PUBLIC PLACES, AND IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR DEMOCRACY. BUT IT DOES NOT GIVE ANYONE THE RIGHT TO BREAK THE LAW LIKE TRESPASSING, CREATING A SAFETY THREAT OR DEFYING A LEGAL DISPERSAL ORDER. WHEN PROTESTERS BREAK THE LAW, POLICE ACTION OFTEN BECOMES THE LAST RESORT. LIKE AT TULANE AND IN JACKSON SQUARE, LAW ENFORCEMENT IS PUT IN A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS SITUATION EVERY MOVE THEY MAKE IS DOCUMENTED AND SCRUTINIZED. THIS TIME THEY DID THEIR JOBS WITH SKILL AND PROFESSIONALISM AND FULFILLED THEIR MISSION TO SERVE AND PROTECT. THIS HAS BEEN AN EDITORIAL BY