JL-043 · Prof Jiang Xueqin · said
US college protests over the Gaza war will expand in the fall of 2024.
Prof Jiang Xueqin said this on 5 June 2024. Our assessment, on the public evidence linked below, is wrong.
What Prof Jiang Xueqin said
“these college protests in America they will only expand in the fall”
Our assessment
Campus protest activity fell sharply in the fall of 2024 rather than expanding. Crowd Counting Consortium data recorded 3,220 pro-Palestinian protest actions in the first half of 2024 against 1,151 in the second half, with student arrests dropping from 3,572 to 88.
Evidence
This is our opinion, reached from the quote alongside it and the evidence linked here. How we score.
Verdict history 1
- reviewed batch, 3 August 2026Pending changed to Wrong
Campus protest activity fell sharply in the fall of 2024 rather than expanding. Crowd Counting Consortium data recorded 3,220 pro-Palestinian protest actions in the first half of 2024 against 1,151 in the second half, with student arrests dropping from 3,572 to 88.