Police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters at USC, UT-Austin and Emerson College

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Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Boston, Austin and Los Angeles on Wednesday into Thursday. Students continue setting up new encampments, including at Cornell and George Washington University.

Texas State Troopers on horseback work to disperse pro-Palestinian students protesting the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin on Wednesday.Texas State Troopers on horseback work to disperse pro-Palestinian students protesting the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin on Wednesday.

They said Emerson had also received"credible reports that some protesters are engaging in targeted harassment and intimidation of Jewish supporters of Israel and students, staff, faculty, and neighbors seeking to pass through the alley."Thursday that anyone in the alley would be arrested; officers entered the area about an hour later.

The Los Angeles Police Department is clearing the center of the UPC campus. If you are in the center of campus, please leave; LAPD will be arresting people who don’t disperse.The UPC area was closed down later in the evening. The Los Angeles Police Department said it showed up at about 4 p.m. Pacific Time, and had arrested 93 people by 10 p.m. for trespassing, a misdemeanor offense.

"The group that led this protest stated it was going to violate Institutional Rules," Hartzell said."Our rules matter, and they will be enforced. Our University will not be occupied. The protesters tried to deliver on their stated intent to occupy campus. People not affiliated with UT joined them, and many ignored University officials' continual pleas for restraint and to immediately disperse.

 

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