Editor's Pick UVA UVa president says he's willing to accept consequences for breaking up campus protest Jim Ryan defends decision as UVa faculty votes for independent, external review of what happened May 4 EMILY HEMPHILL The Daily Progress May 16, 2024 May 16, 2024 0 × EMILY HEMPHILL, THE DAILY PROGRESS Virginia State Police push back anti-war protesters at the University of Virginia, Saturday, May 4, 2024. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “If all of you decide I’m not the right leader, that’s your choice,” said University of Virginia President Jim Ryan. “That’s how I feel.”kAm%9@F89 ?@ F?:G6CD:EJ @77:4:2=D 92G6 AF3=:4=J 42==65 7@C #J2? 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'It wasn’t about the tents': UVa officials say outside agitators, aggressive behavior prompted crackdown UVa's president and police chief say four men dressed in black, carrying backpacks and wearing helmets joined the encampment Friday night and …
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