The action came about a month after 19 students were arrested while taking part in a sit-in at the university president's office.
Several dozen pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment on and around the Pomona College commencement stage Monday, vowing to remain in place and block graduation activities unless the college commits to divestment from Israeli-tied companies and weapons manufacturers.The encampment cropped up around 5 a.m.
Gabrielle Starr said some activists on the campus had refused to identify themselves and "proceeded to verbally harass staff, even using a sickening, anti-Black racial slur in addressing an administrator. Starr said an occupation that was established on the campus violated policies, but "as we have expressed in the past, we work with students who are exercising their right to protest unless that protest impedes on the rights of others.
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