At least 45 people were arrested at Yale University on Monday after police in riot gear entered the campus to quell a pro-Palestinian protest. Face-to-face classes were also canceled on this day.
The arrests came after nearly 200 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered to demand that Yale University divest from its military weapons manufacturing company. Yale Daily News report.
Protesters camped at Beinecke Square on the university campus for three days, Breitbart News reported.
On Friday night, an anti-Israel mob occupied the campus and tore down the American flag in what they said was an act of intimidation against Jewish students and the university.
The video went viral on social media on Saturday and Sunday, with activists wearing kaffiyeh cheering and cheering as they tore down the American flag.
A crowd of Yale University students chanted “Viva Viva Palestine” and tore the American flag across campus, cheering as it fell to the floor.
(Oh, the university police don’t do anything. The administration doesn’t do anything either.) pic.twitter.com/4aghYw1NBo
— Sahar Tartak🇱🇺🇸 (@sahar_tartak) April 21, 2024
According to a report in the student newspaper, responding officers first warned protesters that they risked arrest if they did not remove people, including students, before handcuffing and arresting them.
Those arrested were transported by Yale University shuttle bus.
journalist from Yale Daily News The report said they were threatened with arrest if they did not move from the square.
FILE/A woman walks in front of the Yale University sign reflected in rainwater on the Yale University campus on August 22, 2021 in New Haven, Connecticut. Columbia University suspends in-person classes on Monday, April 22, 2024, police arrest dozens of protesters Research at Yale University comes amid heightened tensions on US university campuses over Middle East wars Ta. (AP Photo/Ted Shafley, File)
The protesters have been charged with first-degree trespassing. The Yale Daily News has been published.
Yale University President Peter Salovey sent an email to students on Sunday warning that the school would “take disciplinary action in accordance with policy” as the protests continued.
