After police remove tents, make arrests, protesters at UW-Madison rebuild encampment
Student protesters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison clashed with police Wednesday after officers cleared out a pro-Palestinian encampment just two days after the student protest began.
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Did a pro-Palestine protester chant ‘Heil Hitler’ at UW-Madison Jewish students?
No. On April 29 a man agitated a group of Jewish students and a Hillel staff member standing near the University of Wisconsin-Madison pro-Palestine encampment and did a raised-hand Nazi salute toward them, but did not shout “Heil Hitler.”
Is it illegal to display the US flag upside down?
No. Flying the American flag upside down, barring an emergency, goes against the U.S. Flag Code, but it’s not illegal to do so.
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