The protesters stormed the president's office Friday. Demonstrators say the school tore down their display. The school says protesters shouted a racial slur at an administrator.
Nearly two dozen pro-Palestine protesters were arrested during a demonstration at Pomona College in Claremont Friday after allegedly storming the college president's office, officials said.The protest was organized by a group called Pomona Divest Apartheid, which is demanding the college divest from Israel's war and the nation's actions in Gaza. The group had been protesting on campus since last week.
"Today’s escalation by Pomona College’s leadership, which led to student arrests, represents a clear choice by Pomona College to put students at risk and suppress students' right to free speech rather than meaningfully engage with the hundreds of students opposed to their policies," Pomona Divest Apartheid said in a statement to FOX 11.President Starr issued a statement Friday night.
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