Police began moving in on a UCLA pro-Palestine encampment early Thursday in Los Angeles. Here's what to know.
Police began removing barricades and dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ encampment early Thursday at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles after hundreds of protesters defied police orders to leave.A handful of people on campus were seen being detained around 3:30 a.m. local time, according to FOX 11 Los Angeles. RELATED: Gaza war university protests: Map and updatesThe law enforcement action came after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loudspeakers if people did not disperse.
Gavin Newsom, as well as Muslim students and advocacy groups.By Wednesday afternoon, "a small city" sprang up inside the reinforced encampment, according to the Associated Press. Some protesters said Muslim prayers as the sun set over the campus, while others chanted "we’re not leaving" or passed out goggles and surgical masks. They wore helmets and headscarves, and discussed the best ways to handle pepper spray or tear gas as someone sang over a megaphone.
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