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The counterprotesters tried to barriers protecting the encampment. Counterprotesters carried out violent acts against a pro-Palestinian camp set up on the UCLA campus for hours before police intervened, according to a New York Times analysis of several videos of the events.
A police officer involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, prosecutors said.
The gunfire came as police officers stormed Hamilton Hall late Tuesday. Pro-Palestinian protesters had been barricaded inside for more than 20 hours. Video showed officers with zip ties and riot shields streaming through a second-floor window. Police had said protesters inside presented no substantial resistance.
Police have arrested more than 2,000 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, according to an...
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block released a letter to the campus community Thursday afternoon following the chaotic events of recent days, including overnight drama that unfolded when police cleared a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on Royce Quad. “Our community is in deep pain. We are reeling from days of violence and division. And we hope with all our hearts […]