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Students confront UVa President Jim Ryan, demand answers after police crackdown on protesters

Ryan walked into the room Thursday expecting a meeting with a student organization. That's not what he found.

JASON ARMESTO Charlottesville Daily Progress
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024 Updated May 11, 2025
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The meeting did not go as planned.

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UVaApartheidDivest'24-1.jpg — University of Virginia President Jim Ryan exiting Pavilion VI is confronted by students protesting his decision to break up an anti-war demonstration, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
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UVaApartheidDivest'24-6.jpg — University of Virginia students, standing outside Pavilion VI with their raised hands painted red, protest President Jim Ryan's decision to call in state troopers on anti-war protesters, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
CAL CARY, THE DAILY PROGRESS

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UVaApartheidDivest'24-2.jpg — University of Virginia President Jim Ryan exiting Pavilion VI is confronted by students protesting his decision to break up an anti-war demonstration, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
CAL CARY, THE DAILY PROGRESS

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UVaApartheidDivest'24-3.jpg — A masked University of Virginia student confronts President Jim Ryan on the Lawn, protesting his decision to call in state troopers on anti-war protest, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
CAL CARY, THE DAILY PROGRESS

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UVaApartheidDivest'24-4.jpg — University of Virginia President Jim Ryan exiting Pavilion VI is confronted by students protesting his decision to break up an anti-war demonstration, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
CAL CARY, THE DAILY PROGRESS

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UVaApartheidDivest'24-7.jpg — University of Virginia students, standing outside Pavilion VI with their raised hands painted red, protest President Jim Ryan’s decision to call in state troopers on peaceful anti-war protesters, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
CAL CARY, THE DAILY PROGRESS

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