USC protests: Demonstrators meet with Carol Folt for second time

Organizers of pro-Palestinian protests at USC held a second day of meetings with university President Carol Folt Tuesday to discuss their demands such as divesting from companies with interests in Israel and suspending study-abroad programs in the area, with no reported progress toward any agreements.USC protesters met with Folt and other university officials for about 90 minutes Monday afternoon, and they met again Tuesday afternoon.

Protest participants insisted they were engaged in a peaceful action that was escalated by law enforcement. They have also lashed out at USC for inflaming the issue by canceling a commencement speech by pro-Palestinian valedictorian Asna Tabassum.Protesters re-established a camp at USC over the weekend, and thus far, it has been allowed to remain in place.

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