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Muslim organizations and students have blasted UCLA officials and police, saying they failed to intervene as students in pro-Palestinian encampment on the Los Angeles campus were verbally harassed, pepper sprayed
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.The student protests -- some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments -- have erupted throughout the nation following arrests and student removals at Columbia University in New York City. Students...
Heavy police presence has been reported at UCLA following a violent night at the pro-Palestinian encampment on Tuesday.
Officers in Los Angeles had threatened to make arrests if demonstrators did not disperse.
Some have cracked down on protesters, some compromised, and others have not acted very strictly at all.