Since When Does Criminal Law Not Apply to College Campus Protests?

Off campus, if you deliberately break a window, and the cops see you doing it, you get arrested. (Whether the local Soros-supported district attorney will press charges is another question.) If you assault someone, you will get arrested. If you threaten someone with imminent bodily harm, and the police hear it and believe there is a chance you will act upon that threat, you will get arrested.

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If you take over a building, bring heavy chains to lock up the doors so that the authorities cannot enter, take a facilities worker hostage, and refuse to leave until your demands are met, you are not just a criminal; you are only a bit behind Hans Gruber.

Ed Morrissey

The short answer: It's (D)ifferent on campus. 

The longer answer: Most of these campuses involved are private and have their own security forces, which operate under the control of university leadership. Columbia had to ask the NYPD to come onto its campus, for instance. And since the police have generally not been present when these acts occurred, no arrests got made. 

But really, the short answer is probably the most useful.

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