Police move into camp as US anti-war protests continue
Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ fortified encampment early on Thursday at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave, about 24 hours after counter-protesters attacked a tent encampment on the campus.
Police detained a handful of people on campus, tying their wrists with zip ties.
Hundreds of people had gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside of it in support.
As police helicopters hovered overhead, the sound of flash-bangs, which produce a bright light and a loud noise to disorient and stun people, pierced the air.
Protesters chanted "where were you last night?" as the officers approached.
A demonstrator slept inside an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus.
Dozens more have been arrested at multiple university campuses in the US as the crackdown continues on pro-Palestine protests.
At the University of Madison in Wisconsin (pictured) police removed all but one tent and shoved protesters, resulting in a scrum.
Four officers were injured, including a state trooper who was hit in the head with a skateboard, according to University of Wisconsin police spokesperson Marc Lovicott.
Within hours, protesters had erected more tents at the UW campus.
More than 30 people were arrested, most of them released without charges, but four were charged with battering law enforcement, police said.
Demonstrators wave flags on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian groups, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.
There have been confrontations with law enforcement and more than 1,300 arrests so far around the country. In rare instances, university officials and protest leaders struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life and upcoming commencement ceremonies.
UCLA professor Nick Shapiro speaks at a news conference on the UCLA campus, after nighttime clashes between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups.
The nationwide campus demonstrations began at Columbia to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza after Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel on October 7. Militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages.
Vowing to stamp out Hamas, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to the Health Ministry there.
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