Kirk Wolff set out to peacefully protest Trump’s plan to take over Gaza. Then an administrator and a police officer drove by.
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WhenKirkWolffsatdowntodosomehomeworkonthelawschoolcampusoftheUniversityofVirginia(UVA)earlierthismonth,hedidn’texpectthathe’dbethreatenedwithexpulsion.Wolffhadbroughttwoposterboardsignswithhimashesatoutside—oneread“GAZARESETTLEMENT=WARCRIME.”Ontheother,hehadwritten,“REFUSEILLEGALORDERS.”
OnFebruary7,WolffsetuphisfoldinglawnchairoutsidetheJudgeAdvocateGeneral’s(JAG)LegalCenterandSchool,atrainingschoolforU.S.militarylawyershostedontheUVAcampus.Wolff,whoisalawstudentandaNavyveteran,wantedtomakeastatementinresponsetoPresidentDonaldTrump’sproposalthattheU.S.takeovertheGazaStrip.Hehopedhispresencewould “remindthoseofficerswhoaregoingtobemakingthatdecisionoftheirmoralandlegalobligationstonotcomplywiththoseordersbecausetheywouldbeunlawful,”hetellsReason.
Beforeprotesting,WolffsaysthathescouredUVA’srulesaroundst
