Muslim organizations and students blasted UCLA officials and police in a Wednesday news conference, saying they failed to intervene as students in a pro-Palestinian encampment were verbally harassed, pepper sprayed, and beaten during a brawl with counterprotesters.
Muslim organizations and students blasted UCLA officials and police in a Wednesday news conference, saying they failed to intervene as students in a pro- Palestinian encampment on the Los Angeles campus were verbally harassed, pepper sprayed, and beaten during a brawl with counterprotesters earlier in the day.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement Wednesday that "a group of instigators" came on campus to "forcefully attack" the pro-Palestinian encampment, prompting the school to ask for assistance from outside law enforcement agencies. He said the protesters represent the Palestinian goal of a single Palestinian state "achieved through repeated Oct. 7ths against Israel and also against Jews."
A Texas journalist who was arrested during a protest on the University of Texas campus was booked and released Wednesday on misdemeanor charges of assault and interference with public duties. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said Wednesday that about 170 of the 280 arrested at Columbia University and City College the night before have received summonses.
The protesters are demanding that the University of Minnesota divest from companies that do business in Israel and put out a statement that supports Palestinian students. Ettinger said the planned half-hour meeting stretched for 90 minutes. State troopers have aided local and campus police in breaking up encampments and arresting protesters at Emory University in Atlanta and the University of Georgia in Athens. Emory's president has since apologized for calling outside officers after police used pepper spray balls, aggressively tackled protesters, and used an electrical stun gun to shock at least one protester.
"The law is clear: The right to free speech does not extend to inciting violence, vandalism, or lawlessness on campus," said the Democratic governor. They marched on the eastern side of the campus by Hamilton Hall, where, hours earlier, New York police burst in to break up a demonstration by protesters who had occupied the building.
Nemat Shafik said protesters taking over an administration building on campus early Tuesday was a "drastic escalation" of the encampment at the college, which "pushed the University to the brink, creating a disruptive environment for everyone and raising safety risks to an intolerable level." Police at two campuses in Arizona have cleared out encampments and arrested pro-Palestinian protesters.
Adams, a Democrat who was formerly a police captain, insisted that while the people who entered Columbia's Hamilton Hall included students, "It was led by individuals who were not affiliated with the university."
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