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Morehouse College President David A. Thomas said Thursday he would shut down commencement ceremonies “on the spot” rather than allow police to remove student protesters in zip ties during President Joe Biden’s graduation speech.
Biden’s scheduled commencement speech Sunday at one of the nation’s preeminent historically Black colleges comes as school officials around the country have had called in law enforcement to clear pro-Palestinian encampments and quell demonstrations in recent weeks.
“What we won’t allow is disruptive behavior that prevents the ceremony or services from proceeding in a…