About 30 people gathered on the campus Thursday, protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza, and demanding the school’s divestment from companies linked to Israel’s military campaign. They were met with hundreds of counter-protesters and more onlookers as students spilled out of their classes to gather to watch the protest that took place behind the J.D. Williams Library. Shortly after the protest, a video of a student making monkey noises and gestures toward a black female protester surfaced and quickly went viral. There were no arrests; however, the protest was shut down after counter-protesters started throwing food, bottles and cups along with insults. Police escorted the protesters off campus to a safe location.

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A national fraternity, meanwhile, said it has removed one of its members for “racist actions” at the University of Mississippi as a large group of students heckled a smaller group of pro-Palestinian protesters.

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The University of Mississippi opened a conduct investigation Saturday into at least one student after a video went viral showing a group of students harassing a pro-Palestine protester on the campus last week.

Chancellor Glenn Boyce said the counterprotesters’ chants and actions Thursday contained “hostility and racist overtones.” Video showed a group of white men standing across from a lone Black woman participating in the protest, with the men dancing, hooting and chanting. One man mimicked a monkey.

“From yesterday’s demonstration, university leaders are aware that some statements made were offensive, hurtful and unacceptable, including actions that conveyed hostility and racist overtones,” Boyce wrote.

“To be clear, people who say horrible things to people because of who they are will not find shelter or comfort on this campus,” he added.

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Since the video surfaced, a slew of campus organizations, including the Ole Miss NAACP branch, called for the student’s expulsion.

“I think this young man should be held accountable every step of the way for his actions; in his career, if it has to go into the afterlife, then that too,” A’Davion Bush, the group’s justice chair, said.

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The afterlife? Possibly. What sort of temporal punishment would be appropriate for the monkey-imitating counter-protestor? His fraternity, which is not subject to the First Amendment, promptly kicked him out. Considering its history, this particular university is eager to portray itself in a positive light.

University of Mississippi = Ole Miss