Almost 60 people were arrested, including a FOX 7 Austin photographer, by law enforcement on the University of Texas at Austin campus on Wednesday, April 24 during protests.
Texas DPS said, as of 9 p.m., 34 arrests were made by law enforcement on the UT Austin campus related to protests.The Travis County Sheriff's Office updated that number to 57 as of Thursday, April 25.FOX 7 Austin captured on video troopers pinning a person to the ground and detaining them. Troopers also used bikes and riot gear as barricades to push students back.A FOX 7 Austin photographer was also arrested.
The rally was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee to follow "in the footsteps of our comrades at Columbia SJP, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Yale, and countless others across the nation." according to a post on social media about the rally.
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