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Probably the Columbia University protests. I expect this means someone was arrested for having a bike lock (which can be used as a bludgeon).
They were using the bike locks to claim that the protesters had ties to terrorist organizations, because "it's not the kind of thing a normal student has."
Despite the fact that the exact model of bike lock was part of a deal on bike locks advertised by the CU campus security on Facebook not 6 weeks ago.
Wow, I think that is an instant winner for the annual "most dogshit excuse for cops to do a thing" award.
I mean, let's think about it step by step. The protesters used bike locks, having a bike lock implies having a bike, having a bike implies using it, using a bike implies you're riding it for transportation. That obviously means that the infiltrators are from Europe (most likely, Netherlands)
I think the students had chained the doors with bike locks, and the police are trying to claim the chains constitute professional involvement.
This also sounds like a reasonable explanation.
It was used to close one of the doors of the building they occupied
This also sounds like a reasonable explanation.