Police keep watch at a protest of the war in Gaza at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24. Students walked out of class as protests continue to sweep college campuses around the country.

University of Texas police approach protesters to apprehend them during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24.

Pro-Palestinian protesters are pushed to the edge of campus by Texas State Troopers on horses at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas. Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up on an increasing number of college campuses following last week's arrest of more than 100 demonstrators at Columbia University.

A state trooper yells for protesters to move back during a pro-Palestinian rally at the University of Texas at Austin on April.

Pro-Palestinian protesters are pushed to the edge of campus at the University of Texas at Austin.

University of Texas at Austin police officers arrest a man at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus on April 24.

State troopers near a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin.

A woman is detained at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24.

Gov. Greg Abbott and University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell have fallen into the Hamas terrorist organization’s trap by sending riot police to attack peaceful protestors.

The larger turnout for another protest the following day proves such tactics are futile, and relying on violence draws more people to sympathize with demonstrators. Any continued oppression of people’s civil rights will only feed greater indignation and fit perfectly into the terrorist's playbook.

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