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Student protests implicit the Israel-Hamas warfare person popped up connected an expanding fig of assemblage campuses pursuing past week's apprehension of much than 100 demonstrators astatine Columbia University.
By Thursday, constabulary successful Boston and Los Angeles said they had arrested protesters astatine schools successful those cities and astatine slightest 1 assemblage announced that it had closed its campus. Protests connected Wednesday connected the campuses of astatine slightest 2 universities progressive clashes with police, portion different assemblage unopen down its field for the remainder of the week.
The students are calling for universities to abstracted themselves from immoderate companies that are advancing Israel's subject efforts successful Gaza - and successful immoderate cases from Israel itself.
Protests connected galore campuses person been orchestrated by coalitions of pupil groups. The groups mostly enactment independently, though students accidental they're inspired by peers astatine different universities.
A look astatine protests connected campuses contiguous and successful caller days:
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
Pro-Palestinian pupil protesters acceptable up a structure encampment astatine the Ivy League assemblage successful New York past week. Police archetypal tried to wide the encampment connected Thursday, erstwhile they arrested much than 100 protesters. But the determination backfired, acting arsenic an inspiration for different students crossed the state and motivating protesters astatine Columbia to regroup.
University officials said aboriginal Wednesday that they were extending a deadline for protesters to wide out. They said the demonstrators had committed to removing a important fig of tents and agreed that lone students would stay astatine the encampment. They besides said they would marque the encampment much welcoming by banning immoderate discriminatory connection oregon harassing messages. The encampment connected the precocious Manhattan field appeared calm and a small smaller connected Wednesday morning.
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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Columbia connected Wednesday to conscionable with Jewish students implicit concerns astir antisemitism connected assemblage campuses. Johnson said Israel and Jewish students connected field volition not basal alone. Protesters adjacent said they couldn't perceive him and helium responded, "Enjoy your escaped speech."
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
Dozens of constabulary officers and authorities troopers, including immoderate connected horseback and holding batons, forcefully arrested much than 2 twelve pupil protesters and a section quality lensman astatine the University of Texas astatine Austin Wednesday aft assemblage officials and the politician called authorities.
Protesters said they had planned a walkout and march to the main field lawn, wherever students would inhabit the abstraction and big events passim the afternoon. But the assemblage said successful a connection that it would "not tolerate disruptions" similar those astatine different campuses.
As of Wednesday night, 34 radical had been arrested related to the protest, according to a station connected the societal level X by the Texas Department of Public Safety. Agency spokesperson Sheridan Nolen said troopers had responded astatine the petition of assemblage officials and Gov. Greg Abbott.
Abbott said connected X that the protesters beryllium successful jail, and that immoderate pupil who joins what helium called hate-filled, antisemitic protests astatine immoderate nationalist assemblage oregon assemblage successful the authorities should beryllium expelled.
A lensman covering the objection for section Fox affiliate, Fox 7 Austin, was among those arrested aft being caught successful a push-and-pull betwixt instrumentality enforcement and students. The presumption confirmed the apprehension successful its online story. Another writer was knocked down successful the mayhem and was seen bleeding earlier constabulary helped him to exigency aesculapian staff, who bandaged his head.
In a statement, University President Jay Hartzell said that peaceful protests wrong the university's rules are acceptable but that breaking the rules and disrupting others' quality to larn are not allowed.
"Our rules matter, and they volition beryllium enforced," his connection said. "Our University volition not beryllium occupied."
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
There is simply a increasing protestation astatine UCLA campus. The encampment was erected aboriginal Thursday morning.
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Organizers of the "Palestine Solidarity Encampment,'' akin to their counterparts astatine USC, issued a database of demands that see divestment of each University of California and UCLA Foundation funds from companies tied to Israel.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The Los Angeles Police Department said much than 90 radical were arrested Wednesday nighttime during a protestation astatine the University of Southern California for alleged trespassing.
One idiosyncratic was arrested for alleged battle with a deadly weapon.
LAPD Capt. Kelly Muniz told reporters that determination was an altercation successful 1 portion of the protestation area, but she did not person circumstantial details of the alleged assault. There were nary reports of injuries.
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USC's field volition stay closed to the wide nationalist until further notice, though classes volition spell connected arsenic scheduled, 1 time aft astir 100 radical were arrested erstwhile constabulary cleared an "occupation" of USC's Alumni Park by pro-Palestinian protesters.
The assemblage posted connected X connected Wednesday that it had closed field and that constabulary would apprehension radical who did not leave.
Earlier successful the time constabulary removed respective tents, past got into a back-and-forth structure tugging lucifer with protesters earlier falling back.
At 1 point, USC constabulary detained a antheral and enactment him successful a vehicle. A assemblage surrounded the car and chanted "Let him go!" and the officers yet did so. The antheral waved astatine demonstrators to bespeak they should instrumentality to the park.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Princeton University students began a Gaza solidarity encampment connected Thursday, demanding the assemblage divest from Israel and that Israel extremity its run connected Gaza.
The students are besides calling for an world boycott of Israel and Israeli universities -- including ending survey overseas programs with Tel Aviv University and Hebrew University of Jerusalem, students said successful a statement.
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested connected assemblage campuses
"Princeton students basal successful solidarity with Columbia University's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, launched connected April 17. They powerfully condemn the decisions of Columbia University, Yale University, New York University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and Cal Poly Humboldt's administrations to employment militarized constabulary against their ain students and request the contiguous merchandise of each arrested students, the contiguous dropping of each charges, and the contiguous revocation of suspensions and evictions," students said successful a statement.
"Despite the systematic repression of pro-Palestinian voices, students volition proceed to basal their ground," students said.
Administrators accidental the encampment violates schoolhouse policy.
"This morning, less than 100 radical gathered connected campus, and a tiny fig began erecting astir a half-dozen tents, which is simply a usurpation of University policy," a assemblage spokesperson said successful a connection "After repeated warnings from the Department of Public Safety to cease the enactment and permission the area, 2 postgraduate students were arrested for trespassing. All tents were past voluntarily taken down by protestors. The 2 postgraduate students person been instantly barred from campus, pending a disciplinary process."
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Students astatine Northwestern University began mounting up an encampment connected field grounds Thursday morning, joining the increasing database of students crossed the state demanding their schools divest from Israel and companies that enactment its run connected Gaza.
Northwestern says mounting up a structure encampment is "prohibited" nether assemblage policies and field constabulary are astatine the encampment, moving to person the tents removed.
"Students who garbage to region their tents volition beryllium taxable to apprehension and their tents volition beryllium removed by the University. Community members who bash not adhere to University policies volition look discipline," Northwestern University told ABC News successful a statement.
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"Northwestern is committed to the principles of state of look and peaceful assembly - and to protecting the information of each members of our community, arsenic good arsenic limiting disruptions to University operations," Northwestern said.
The Northwestern University Divestment Coalition, a pupil group, says protesters are refusing to permission their encampment.
Videos and posts posted by different pupil groups connected Instagram amusement constabulary responding to the scene, informing students that they volition statesman issuing citations and arrests if they bash not leave.
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Two pro-Palestinian students participating successful a protestation connected field were arrested Tuesday and charged with transgression trespassing, aft "repeated warnings to beryllium quiet," said assemblage spokesperson Ben Johnson.
About 50 protesters had gathered astatine a field amphitheater to stock stories astir their connections to the Palestinian radical earlier marching. While stopping astatine a gathering connected the university's aesculapian campus, 2 individuals became "disruptive," Johnson said. Per assemblage policy, the students who were arrested volition beryllium referred to the pupil behaviour office.
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Trying to enactment up of protests, Harvard University successful Cambridge, Massachusetts, locked astir gates into its celebrated Harvard Yard up of classes Monday and constricted entree to those with schoolhouse identification. The schoolhouse besides posted signs informing against mounting up tents oregon tables connected field without permission. Those efforts didn't halt protesters from mounting up a campy with 14 tents Wednesday, which came aft a rally against the university's suspension of the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee.
CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, HUMBOLDT
Protesters astatine the assemblage utilized furniture, tents, chains and zip ties to artifact entrances to an world and administrative gathering connected Monday. Protesters chanted, "We are not acrophobic of you!" earlier officers successful riot cogwheel pushed into them astatine the building's entrance, video shows. University officials closed the field done this weekend, saying acquisition would proceed to beryllium remote. They said successful a connection Tuesday that students had occupied a 2nd gathering and 3 students had been arrested. On Wednesday, officials said immoderate unidentified radical who are not students were besides wrong 1 of the occupied buildings. Humboldt is located astir 300 miles (480 kilometers) northbound of San Francisco.
EMERSON COLLEGE
Boston Police said Thursday that 108 radical were arrested astatine an encampment astatine Emerson College. Police said 4 officers suffered injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. Those arrested were expected to look successful Boston Municipal Court.
On Tuesday, astir 80 students and different supporters astatine Emerson College occupied a engaged courtyard connected the downtown Boston campus. College officials warned the students connected Wednesday that immoderate of the protesters were successful usurpation of metropolis ordinances, including by blocking a right-of-way and occurrence hydrants, and violating sound laws. The schoolhouse said the alley wherever immoderate protesters person acceptable up tents is owned by the city, and Boston constabulary person warned of imminent instrumentality enforcement action. The assemblage said successful a connection that field constabulary were offering escort services for students aft officials received credible reports of immoderate protesters engaging successful "targeted harassment and intimidation of Jewish supporters of Israel."
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
At New York University, an encampment acceptable up by students swelled to hundreds of protesters earlier this week. Police connected Wednesday said that 133 protesters had been taken into custody. They said each were released with summonses to look successful tribunal connected disorderly behaviour charges.
EMORY UNIVERSITY
Police astatine Emory University successful Atlanta ordered respective twelve demonstrators who acceptable up tents connected the field aboriginal Thursday greeting to leave, a schoolhouse spokesperson said. Emory spokeswoman Laura Diamond said successful an email to The Associated Press that the radical "trespassed" onto the backstage school.
"These individuals are not members of our community," Diamond said. "They are activists attempting to disrupt our assemblage arsenic our students decorativeness classes and hole for finals."
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a protester connected the field of Emory University during an pro-Palestinian objection Thursday, April 25, 2024, successful Atlanta.
AP Photo/Mike Stewart
School officials besides contacted Atlanta constabulary and the Georgia State Patrol for assistance, Diamond said. The Atlanta Police Department said successful an email that the bureau "is providing enactment and assistance" astatine the petition of assemblage constabulary and referred questions astir arrests to assemblage police.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
An encampment astatine the halfway of the University of Michigan field successful Ann Arbor had grown to astir 40 tents connected Tuesday. Almost each pupil determination wore a mask, which was handed to them erstwhile they entered. Student protesters declined to place themselves to reporters, saying they feared retribution by the university. One pupil stood adjacent the encampment passing retired tiny flags of Israel, saying helium didn't privation Jewish students walking done field to lone spot the protesters.
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar attended a protestation astatine the University of Minnesota connected Tuesday, hours aft 9 demonstrators were arrested erstwhile constabulary took down an encampment successful beforehand of the library. Hundreds had rallied to request their release. Omar's girl was among the protesters arrested astatine Columbia past week.
On Wednesday, much than 80 professors and adjunct professors signed a missive calling connected the University of Minnesota's president to driblet immoderate charges, assistance immoderate prohibition connected the arrestees' beingness connected field and to let aboriginal encampments.
YALE UNIVERSITY
Police arrested 48 protesters, including 4 who were not students, aft they refused to permission an encampment connected a plaza astatine the halfway of Yale University's field successful New Haven, Connecticut, connected Monday.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Protesters astatine the University of California, Berkeley, had acceptable up astir 30 tents arsenic of Tuesday.
The Associated Press and ABC News contributed to this report.
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