Campus protestors unnerved and alarmed as police in riot gear shut down demonstrations

CHICAGO – Summer Pappachen and 200 other activist students at Northwestern University had just set up more than two dozen tents and tarps on the picturesque university lawn. The mood in the morning was calm. Students brought Palestinian flags and drums to play for passing cars honking support. Then the cops showed up to shut them down. “We thought it’s Northwestern University, they have a liberal reputation to uphold, but they came within minutes,” Pappachen said of Thursday's confrontation. Campus police began removing tents, but left after about 100 protestors...