USC students march in support of valedictorian

After a USC's 2024 valedictorian's speech was canceled over what the university calls "security concerns," hundreds of students marched in her support. Mary Beth McDade reports for KTLA 5 News at 10, April 18, 2024.
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[@podcastfan2544]

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you're not allowed to criticize - Voltaire

[@Jim-nt7xy]

No to Apartheid and Genocide!

[@kevinjenner9502]

AIPAC should be required to register under FARA…End foreign election interference.

[@yoshiramar1992]

what does a speach have to do with elections? you dont wana here both sides?

[@tawan20082008]

shame on usc, what a scandal to not let the valectorian speak. So much for free speech , it was never real to begin with i guess

[@ninadaly7639]

WHO CARES??!!

[@jim-oq9px]

all valedictorian's speech's are looked at and approved they don't like her pro terrorist stance. So its a no go for her. People have choices she made hers and they made theirs.

[@ninadaly7639]

@@jim-oq9px The other speakers scheduled didn’t get to make a choice, did they? SHE made it for them whether they liked it or not.

[@Realone1000]

@@jim-oq9px Nelson Mandela was labeled a ter - ror -is t. Then given awards. Be careful with that word.

[@jim-oq9px]

@@Realone1000 I don't recall Mandela leading a group of teenagers into another country and going door to door murdering over a thousand people, nor do I remember him taking hostages of all ages around 250 most have not come home nor they will ever...what the English did in South Africa was disgusting from my view of history.

[@malachibenyisrael4621]

She can give her speech online, at this point she'll have a larger audience anyway.

[@jim-oq9px]

thats fine but the college USC is not going to endorse her supporting terrorists its really not that complicated.

[@yoshiramar1992]

what about free speach? this is America they cant do this *not suppose to and we need to hold them acountable

[@jim-oq9px]

@@yoshiramar1992 she is an award winner, they don't want the USC campus to become Columbia, ..so they cancelled her. It's not free speach when you represent a college.

[@jim-oq9px]

@@yoshiramar1992 she is getting her 15 minutes of fame be happy with that, I haven't heard one word out of her about all the hostages, oh those pesky little facts..

[@yoshiramar1992]

@@jim-oq9px a college we pay cash for in the US, college and schools arent free hare. so we have a say! if they paid for it all i could see how they can cancel free speach. but when we pay cash theirs a difference

[@Planet_Xplorer]

STOP USING FALSE ANTI SMTSM AS A WEAPON. LET HER SPEAK!!!

[@johnpaulwebb3440]

Freedom of Speech, only if they approve of your ideas.

[@nannerz1994]

I'm all for it and I totally support her I just don't think that a graduation is the best place to do that I don't know why we make political statements at graduations now like I don't get it but I guess if it's the only public forum you have that's why people do it I don't know

[@dizzy_siren333]

If she can be anti-semitic online and talk about the destruction of Israel she's probably going to say it in that public forum

[@MattMajcan]

the fact that she was cancelled shows exactly why it was so important for her to speak. Because she was going to reach a large audience and possibly change their minds, and the people on the other side absolutely could not allow that. If this speech wasnt going to make any difference then nobody would have cared.

[@ScrewyDriverTheMan]

The hypocrisy in America astounds me

[@dizzy_siren333]

Which part

[@michaellaw5876]

"Half the country probably doesn't like him" LOL give this man a beer

[@tuliplite]

I liked that comment 😂

[@rt-a2005]

Ann Frank would have listened to her speech… if she were still alive!

[@jacktran7024]

SFTU..let her rest in peace.

[@reneestevez7193]

But Golda Meier Wouldn't have.

[@sgsvirgos1246]

Shame on USC! Sponsors should pull out and stop funding this University 🤔

[@tituswe6069]

She can speak on her Twitter account, but not at the large USC event. Her participation at the event would imply representation of USC, which is not the case.

[@emantclphie]

lol your racism is showing

[@MattMajcan]

by that logic i guess nobody can ever speak at usc ever again

[@jim-oq9px]

that's correct

[@tituswe6069]

@@MattMajcan Thank you for engaging with my comment, but I think there’s a misunderstanding. My point is about the specific context in which someone speaks under the university’s banner. Universities often have policies about who gets to represent them and how, especially in formal settings like a graduation ceremony. It’s not about restricting free speech but about the appropriateness of the venue for certain messages, especially when those messages might provoke security concerns. Twitter, being a personal platform, doesn’t carry the same implications as a university-sponsored event. Hope this clears up the bias head!

[@deathdecorvid9926]

colleges are not political propaganda places, there are a place of learning, they shouldn't support either side

[@Realone1000]

They picked their side

[@yoshiramar1992]

in free countrires they are, in comuinist countries they arent. like a hitler land you cant have free speach. but in the us we have the freedom or suppose to defend freedom

[@mohamadkhazal2390]

Now that she was barred from speaking, millions of people around the World know about her.. congratulations and well done Asna

[@Mike_Davidson]

I cant imagine what she would say. 🤷🏻‍♂️😂😂😂

[@stevegonzales527]

This is why no one hires them with their piece of paper and they cry about it

[@augustgalletto5543]

All these college kids do is walk around pissed.

[@thefox47545]

Not if you're in a medical program. GPA goes down with every non-school related activity.

[@ninadaly7639]

I wish they would learn how to read instead!

[@jim-oq9px]

and demand student loan forgivness, they need to get real

[@thefox47545]

@jim-oq9px When you can't pay for all your college tuition with a part-time job just like boomers did, then you know there's a problem.

[@reneestevez7193]

They all need a job QUICK! Good luck in that one.

[@wassimmahmoud7062]

The truth is unfolding ... sooner or later the university will regret that they didn't give her the podium.

[@propblast82nd]

Good example of today’s University

[@sahramohamed9704]

🤮🤮🤮

[@leJLJ]

Just let her speak and stop getting your feelings hurt over everything Israel related, get over it people have different views thats life oh well life goes on.. jeez

[@MattMajcan]

its funny how fast the anti-cancel culture crowd decided they love censorship

[@rollandcurtis874]

This is awesome. Free-speech and the right to assemble at its best.

[@angelofJESUS29]

I’m assuming she’s gone say some negative stuff which some people won’t like it and will complain to USC. That’s why they won’t allow her probably.

[@plum_loco]

They already complained based on her instagram account showing a Palestinian flag. They got scared of the flag and what she may say about Israel and Palestine. Bunch of cowards.

[@Jeanne90275]

She denies Israel's right to exist.

[@samp6237]

And she is right about that

[@lzeng78]

Let her speak

[@moeezawan2329]

And it's her right to be..

[@dizzy_siren333]

I love seeing how many anti-semitic people there are in these comments

[@ryousafsadi1874]

Israelis deny Palestinian's right to exist. Literally.

[@BlastinRope]

i wish these people cared as much about the problems in our country as they do some 2000 year old blood feud on the opposite side of the globe

[@HarshTruth711]

very ignorant

[@factchecker6674]

It’s not a 2000 year old feud.

[@Planet_Xplorer]

Ignorant stuff

[@mappilakty]

It’s a 75 year occupation by a bunch of Europeans of a people who faithfully guarded the land and its people of all faiths for 1300 years

[@yoshiramar1992]

its because we pay and support it. we just passed a bill to give them another 90 billion in our tax revinue, and that mmooney could be usse d for the homeless and problems here. we need to stop the excess spending first

[@factchecker6674]

Yeah, they just don’t see how they support violence.

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

she can make BIO weapons and she brainwashed , good combo

[@mikeca98]

It's what they do.

[@77bluegold]

Yeah right. His friends aren't getting death threats. He's full of it

[@victor77777771]

She should go to Gaza and speak over there.

[@moeezawan2329]

Maybe stop occupying it so she could.... Also by that logic all of AIPAC should be deported to Israel then..

[@worldnewsvideos]

Help Palestinians 🇵🇸 Free Palestine

[@jacobperez8921]

Exactly! All these people should spend a week in Gaza. Trust me , they won’t have their Starbucks frappe and free WiFi there.

[@moeezawan2329]

@@jacobperez8921 Yeah hard to get those things when colonizers are dropping B 0 M B S on civilians kinda the reason everyone is against Israhell and countries one after another are pulling away support even UAE and Japan along with the EU have pulled their deals..

[@FAK179]

Have you given a thought to Who made Gaza, Gaza??

[@tymax6751]

Only hundreds came in support? Too busy having their nails done? That really is the University of Spoiled Children. Such an embarrassment to be an alumnus.

[@MattMajcan]

how many came in support of zionism?

[@darrylnelson05]

She is free to speak all she wants. Just not at the USC graduation.

[@user-zd8zx7ij6s]

SHUTTER USC

[@afrolens9532]

"Majority of Jewish students are against her" Beginning of video: Shows Jewish students and faculty joining the march in support of her speaking up

[@sonyequator6852]

Sad : US UNSC going racist.

[@victor77777771]

Send this video to the ADL

[@TrevorNicholas-fk6tx]

Let Freedom Reign !!!

[@RacerX1971]

Only hundreds!!! The rest are playing video games😂😂😂

[@reneestevez7193]

¿Is her name ASNA?..., ironic.

[@sarahbaartmansrevenge]

i wonder how she felt about the j a b

[@user-hr4gn7jk1b]

You no mental health sick students in school. I feel sorry for you. The person in the world will Attack you. When War is over is not beautiful

[@ranaemens4971]

👏👏👏

[@sherisse10]

Send her home and let her speak there

[@sahramohamed9704]

🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@sahramohamed9704]

🤮🤮

[@commentator2.0]

Gay

[@jacktran7024]

@2:05...he's all smile cuz a girl talks to him

[@happytomeetyou2047]

I stand with the college. She is only speaking hate.

[@MattMajcan]

if its wrong to hate genocide then man i dont wanna be right

[@sahramohamed9704]

@@MattMajcan100%

[@Grumpious_Maximus]

Way to go.

[@DevoteeCT]

✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾✊🏼✊🏽

[@albertramirez797]

They picked her for a reason and it's not good

[@terrellbeast7369]

HELLO!!!!!

[@yoshiramar1992]

umm getting the highest gpa is a good reason actualy. i think your just sad u only got Cs

[@pattilemonhouse7911]

Those aren't students.

[@roshidadin9095]

支持 巴勒斯坦 建國 Free Palestine N Save Palestinian

[@wurds509]

What imperative do some people suppose requires the United States or any part of the non-Muslim world to listen to Muslims after 1,400 years of Muslim assaults that have never seen Arabia's Hejaz, where both Mecca and Medina are, assaulted in return?

[@Abcdefg-fl9td]

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[@LonGin-gp2cr]

Let her speak free speech!

[@dizzy_siren333]

You're really promoting hate speech?

[@Justiceactivist]

@@dizzy_siren333what’s hate speech?

[@dizzy_siren333]

@@Justiceactivist abusive or threatening speech or writing that expresses prejudice on the basis of ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or similar grounds.

[@jim-oq9px]

when you grow up you hopefully realize nothing is "free"

[@sahramohamed9704]

Hate the genocide is not a hate crime!!!

[@Thatsthewayoftheworld]

This is hard earned and certainly should not be awarded. Blood, sweat, and many tears to be first. There is a #1 'top' student and we should all demand that the best and the brightest continue to receive the honor it is to be Valedictorian. It means something. It is not for your political statement. These are suppose to be the smart ones? lol Honor and distinction. It use to be something people aspired to be. Honored. Respected. Admired. Muslims, and the ignorant infidels that follow, cannot be allowed to bully, intimidate, threaten, burn and destroy. Not here. Not ever. Visa done, schools out, over and out.

[@MattMajcan]

maybe you should go hide under a blanket

[@Thatsthewayoftheworld]

@@MattMajcan Obviously, you have been given everything. Did everyone get a trophy? When and if you have to earn it it will mean something.

[@sahramohamed9704]

Uffff 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@copyprint-fz2hb]

i think this all these kids have learned , complain , cry , protest , and always scream IT'S NOT MY FAULT

[@lzeng78]

Let her speak

[@dizzy_siren333]

Yes let all the hate speech out. who else should we invite to the graduation to speak so they can say nasty things about other religions and ethnicities?

[@davidsnyder3094]

It’s just hate speech so she had to be canceled

[@62cas]

Where is the free speech??

[@dizzy_siren333]

Well Free Speech isn't really free there's consequences. Hate speech is hate speech plus she wants Israel. But yeah let's let her get up there and be anti-semitic. We can also let other people go up there and talk about how much they hate other groups of people you know whether it be homophobic people or like the KKK talking about they hate people just let everybody go up there and have their free speech

[@sahramohamed9704]

Hating the genocide has nothing to do with hate speech. Wake up!!

[@jamescaddell2923]

Don't let her speak she shouldn't have posted what she posted about Isreal

[@moeezawan2329]

Why?? So freedom of speech doesn't exist huh weird coz one can talk bad US all day but God forbid you say anything about Israel. Cancelled!!

[@TheTruth-jg6jo]

Spreader of HATE

[@theresagardner-nu1pu]

I agree.. LET HER SPEAK!!!

[@dizzy_siren333]

So she can spew more hate speech possibly?

[@sahramohamed9704]

@@dizzy_siren333 u mean more hate genocide!?

[@ninadaly7639]

I wish students would put half as much effort into learning something!

[@rollandcurtis874]

Los Angeles is the best city in the world.

[@beauno83]

hilarious

[@jenniferzamora5286]

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇱

[@victor77777771]

1:43 😂😂

[@rckwak]

Let her speak.

[@dizzy_siren333]

You're really promoting hate speech?

[@happytomeetyou2047]

She is speaking hate speech

[@VIRGONOMICS]

What’s joke She ruined it for everyone else

[@yoshiramar1992]

uaa not her the school/government *services she already paid for, this was paid in advance her schooling and the school went back on their word for some reason. so its the schools fault free speach is free speach

[@georgespalding7640]

Thanks to this self-centered activist woman, now no one will be able to speak at the USC commencement ceremonies.

[@MattMajcan]

she didnt cancel anything, the college did.

[@jim-oq9px]

they are having smaller groups with speakers just not a main big one

[@georgespalding7640]

@@MattMajcan She didn't pull the trigger but she paid for the Hitman.

[@MattMajcan]

@@georgespalding7640she didnt even do anything. she didnt even speak lol. people acting like she was spreading hate. they dont even know what her speech was going to be. they cancelled her because they were afraid of drawing attention to how evil the us and israel are. they thought they could just silence her and nobody would notice and people around the school especially faculty and parents could keep living in this fantasy world where nothing is wrong and we're the good guys. well too bad. welcome to the real world