2024-05-03 15:00:17
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) It was the scene of an operation by the riot police of USAin which the dismantling of a pro-Palestinian camp and arresting students who organized it.
Police warned protesters to vacate the facilities or else they would be arresteda situation that took place after the authorities raided UCLA this morning, Thursday, May 2.
It is worth mentioning that the Columbia University students They also held a camp in protest of the Israel genocide in Gazawhich was evicted on Tuesday, April 30, and these actions concluded with a balance of nearly 300 detainees.
UCLA today May 2: Riot police detain students protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza
Due to the operation in the UCLAthe US riot police arrested students who remain in protest against the Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip; The images of the arrests were recorded by different media outlets.
According to Foro TV, among the protesters there would be people outside of UCLA, so the police are requesting IDs from protesterswho are offered the option to voluntarily withdraw, according to media reports.
The Gaza Health Ministry of the Hamas Government reported on May 1 that so far there are 34,568 dead in the Gaza Strip due to Israel’s genocideafter the addition of 33 deaths registered in hospitals in the last 24 hours.
Columbia University: Israel genocide camp in Gaza cleared, nearly 300 detained
The Columbia University He also set up camp in protest against Israel’s genocide in GazaWhich was evicted by NYPD on Tuesday, April 30; the balance was 300 people arrested.
According to New York Mayor Eric Adams, the movement was “led by people not affiliated with the university”.
“There were people on campus who shouldn’t have been there. There were people who are professionals and we saw evidence of training, we saw a change in the tactics that were being used and when you start using the intelligence that the intelligence was able to provide, we knew it was time to communicate directly with the school and say : ‘You have more than a peaceful protest on your hands’”
Eric Adams
The arrests are related to the taking of the Hamilton Hall building from Columbia University. In that sense, Adams reported that the 282 arrests 173 are people from City Collegea public university in New York, and 109 Columbia University.
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