2,000+ seized, ribs broken, students threatened: Latest on US campus demos

Police struggle with demonstrators and student activists after protesters hung a giant Palestinian flag at a protest encampment in support of Palestine, in University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, US, May 2, 2024. / Photo: Reuters

The University of Texas said on Thursday that 17 people were arrested on criminal trespass charges Wednesday after demonstrators refused to comply with orders to take down an encampment built on the main walkway of the Dallas campus. Bystander video shows that Steve Tamari, a history professor specialising in Middle East studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, seemed to be moving in to take video or pictures of protesters being detained when multiple officers roughly took him down Saturday.

University President Jonathan Holloway gave the ultimatum in a statement published on the school's website. He said the protests forced the school to postpone final exams, which were set to begin on Thursday morning in the buildings surrounding the protest and encampment.Pro-Palestine student escorted out of Georgia State University graduation

Student protesters at the University of Vermont have called on Thursday for the school to cancel a commencement speech by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations. They now call for the firing of leaders at universities such as UCLA, where more than 200 people were arrested during a police sweep that ended early on Thursday, and California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, where more than 30 were arrested early on Tuesday."We've got a whole lot of people in these universities drawing six-figure salaries, and they stood by and did nothing," Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher told reporters on Thursday.

"We must protect the integrity of our commencement ceremonies and ensure the safety of our students," Chancellor Ray Rodrigues wrote in a memo to presidents, adding that no ceremonies should be cancelled or substantively modified. Former president Donald Trump has commended police who cleared pro-Palestine protesters from college campuses as he arrived in court on Thursday morning for another day of his criminal hush money trial.

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