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New York police also cleared protest at City College, CUNY
We’ve been reporting on police clearing a Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, but police have also raided the nearby City College campus of the City University of New York (CUNY).
“They are mass arresting CUNY students in the middle of the night, while everyone is transfixed with the horrors at Columbia,” Jeanne Theoharis, a distinguished professor of political science at CUNY, wrote in a post on X.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said police had assisted in “restoring order on campus”.
Friends, please, please amplify. The NYPD are now raiding City College. Reports are hundreds of cops. Please, I know that what happened at Columbia tonight is sickening--but this is Part II. And our @cuny students are largely working class students of color. pic.twitter.com/PfEo1mCzVe
— Jeanne Theoharis (@JeanneTheoharis) May 1, 2024
Clashes break out at UCLA
Violent confrontations have erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) between pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters.
The clashes began after pro-Israeli counter-demonstrators, many not affiliated with the school, moved into the campus and began attacking a pro-Palestine encampment set up by students a week ago, according to Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds, reporting from Los Angeles.
Video footage shows protesters brawling and others hurling objects at people huddled within the pro-Palestine encampment.
“There seems to be absolutely no police intervention whatsoever,” said Reynolds.
‘Violent, vigilante attack’ on pro-Palestine students at UCLA
This is the largest manifestation of the pro-Zionist, pro-Israel group of counter-protesters, many of whom, in my observation, are from off campus.
They are attacking the pro-Palestine encampment on campus. It’s been maintained by students who are protesting Israel’s war on Gaza and calling for the divestment of the university’s financial ties to Israel.
This is the most violent, vigilante attack against these students that I’ve seen.
There was definitely what you could call hand-to-hand combat between the two groups. There were a lot of objects thrown and chemical irritants used. I see smoke, I see fireworks … people beating on the boards that separate the camp from the rest of the campus. I would be surprised if someone hasn’t been injured in the melee tonight.
The people who are attacking are the counter-demonstrators, who are aligned with pro-Israel, pro-Zionist organisations. They are carrying a yellow flag with a crown on it with a word that means “messiah” in Hebrew.
The important thing to note is that there seems to be absolutely no police intervention whatsoever.
Nah the police only interfere in peaceful demonstrations... It's like the Settlers in the West Bank, police stand by while the extremists attack Palestinians, in this case pro-Palestine students.
