Authorities and protesters clashed during the latest pro-Palestinian demonstration at the university on Monday.
Protesters chant off our campus to law enforcement at the University of Texas at Austin on Apr. 29, 2024., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Authorities arrested a total of 79 people during the second police crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of Texas at Austin since last week, according to the Travis County Sheriff’s office.
“I have finals and I don’t know if I can go back to campus again because it feels unsafe due to the people who are supposed to protect us,” said Arwyn Heilrayne, a UT-Austin student who was arrested during another pro-Palestinian protest last week. When they arrived, they were greeted by a chaotic scene that ended with her getting hit in the face and her boyfriend in handcuffs.Gov. Greg Abbott and UT-Austin shift from championing free speech to policing protesters’ intentionsLeleux said she found herself stuck in a crowd of people when police started to pepper-spray the area. She said she accidentally ran into a cop and was trying to apologize the officer elbowed her in the face.
“I noticed one of my friends get pepper sprayed and the skin on her arm starting turning red and burning,” Alfonso said.“I wasn’t expecting someone we know to get arrested and charged with criminal trespassing. We pay to be there,” Alfonso said.
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