A group of Black Lives Matter protesters took part in a “Blackout” demonstration at Dartmouth University. However, after the official protest ended, a student newspaper reported that some protesters went to the school’s library, calling out students for “not standing up and joining the protest or not wearing black.”
There were some reports and rumors of violence in the library, but the college NAACP organization denied them.
“These allegations of physical assault are lies to make white students look like the victims and students of color to look like the perpetrators,” Abera said, according to The Dartmouth in a later report.
Abera denied that there were any physical assaults carried out by the demonstrators, but She said confirmed that some of the students used profanity.
And some students not involved in the protest said it was necessary.
“While I don’t think the protest should happen again to the extent where people are being yelled at and making people cry, I think the invasion of space needed to be done,” David Tramonte said.
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