Pro-Palestinian protesters form a barricade as law enforcement shoots tear gas towards their direction at the USF MLK Plaza Fountain on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Tampa. [ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ]
Following President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election, flyers began cropping up around the largest college campus in Washington, D.C., recruiting for groups with a history of participating in violent or otherwise unlawful protests after being antagonized by authorities and arrested on fabricated charges.