We Must Take Our Country Back: Brooke Goldstein
Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donald and Lawfare Project Executive Director Brooke Goldstein discuss the anti-Israel protests that continue to disrupt universities across the country on “Hannity.”
Police have been forced to use riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang grenades to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings to restore order, and police have been forced to use riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang grenades to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings in recent weeks. Approximately 2,200 anti-Israel agitators were arrested.
These protesters are expressing criticism of the Israeli-Hamas war and the rising death toll of Palestinian civilians.
The monumental figure was announced after more than 100 protesters were arrested during a crackdown at Columbia University, where authorities removed protesters who had set up camp inside Hamilton Hall in the administrative building. The New York City Police Department announced Thursday.
Earlier that same day, thousands of miles away, police descended on a crowd of agitators at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), fortifying an encampment of canopies and tents with barricades of plywood, pallets, metal fencing and trash cans. . Police removed barriers and ultimately arrested at least 200 demonstrators who refused to comply with orders to leave.
New York City police body camera footage shows officers entering a Columbia University building occupied by anti-Israel protesters.
The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) announced that its officers arrested 30 anti-Israel demonstrators on Thursday, May 1, 2024. (John Rudoff/AFP via Getty Images)
Protesters at UCLA similarly called for the university to stop doing business with companies they say support Israel and Israel’s war with Hamas, the terrorist group in the Gaza Strip.
At least 56 unique arrests have been recorded at 43 U.S. universities since April 18, according to an Associated Press tally.
In New York City, as anti-Israel protesters barricaded themselves inside buildings and set up encampments, New York City Police Department officers in riot gear marched on the Columbia University campus. did. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)
Thursday, Sgt. Alejandro Rubio of the California Highway Patrol said at least 200 people were arrested at UCLA, citing data from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Emory University Police arrest convicted felon who crossed state lines to participate in anti-Israel demonstrations
On the same day, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) announced that 30 anti-Israel demonstrators were arrested at Portland State University.
On April 30, 2024, New York Police Department officers detained dozens of anti-Israel demonstrators at Columbia University after barricading themselves in Hamilton Hall near the Gaza Solidarity encampment in New York City, USA. ((Photo credit: Selcuk Acar/Anadolu, Getty Images))
And on Thursday, Jacksonville sheriff’s officials arrested more than a dozen anti-Israel demonstrators at the University of North Florida.
Police arrested 90 people and removed tents at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
On April 24, University of Southern California police arrested 93 protesters, including 51 students.
USC closes campus ‘until further notice’ following anti-Israel protests; 93 people arrested for trespassing
Prosecutors announced Thursday that authorities arrested 28 protesters at the City University of New York this week.
Police confront anti-Israel students and demonstrators after tearing down part of a barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, in the early morning hours of May 2, 2024. did. (Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty)
On April 18, the New York City Police Department cleared the first encampment in Colombia and arrested approximately 100 protesters. Demonstrators set up new tents and resisted threats of suspension.
There were also incidents at the University of Texas at Austin, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of California, Humboldt.
Meanwhile, protest camps at other schools across the country have been cleared by police, resulting in more arrests, or closed voluntarily.
After days of silence, President Biden finally addressed the mass movement Thursday. (John Rudoff/AFP via Getty Images)
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Officials at other schools, including the University of Minnesota, Northwestern University outside Chicago, Rutgers University in New Jersey and Brown University in Rhode Island, have agreed with protesters not to disrupt graduation ceremonies or make similar compromises. reached.
After days of silence, President Biden finally addressed the mass movement Thursday, defending students’ right to protest peacefully but condemning violence.
The demonstrations began in Colombia on April 17 with calls by students for an end to the Israeli-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to Colombia’s Ministry of Health. On October 7, Israel carried out the deadliest attack in Israel’s history, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 250 hostages back to Gaza. The attack began.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
