Multiple students and faculty members have been arrested as law enforcement officers raid a pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA campus.
Hundreds of officers in riot gear breached the perimeter of a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA early Thursday following a roughly 9-hour standoff.RELATED: Police issue unlawful assembly order at pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLAAuthorities said at least 60 people have been detained as the camp continues to get dismantled. Multiple buses have arrived on campus to take away the detainees. California Highway Patrol along with LAPD advanced on the week-old encampment around 2:45 a.m.
, encountering heavy resistance from protesters and their supporters near the western side of Royce Hall. Officers moved through a makeshift blockade of trash bins and reached the perimeter of the camp, where they began tearing away metal barricades and plywood planks that had been erected around the encampment. All UCLA classes on Thursday and Friday will be held remotely, with university officials saying operations at the Westwood campus would be 'limited.
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