Police broke down wooden barricades early Thursday to enter the “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and arrested dozens of activists after a week of violent unrest.
As Breitbart News reported, police on Wednesday warned activists to leave the area and sent prison buses to nearby Wilshire Boulevard as they began gathering near Royce Hall. Hundreds of protesters came to UCLA to “defend” the camp.
After a tense standoff that lasted several hours, with protesters giving speeches, leading chants of “Liberate Palestine” and singing communist songs, California Highway Patrol (CHP) Police were dispatched, led by police officers.
Some of the activists fled as police began destroying wooden barricades and tents. Others, however, locked their weapons and confronted police. Some activists fired chemical irritants at officers and flashed strobe lights.
In the early hours of May 2, 2024, police and pro-Palestinian students clash after partially destroying a camp barricade on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Los Angeles, California. Police have deployed a large presence on U.S. university campuses. on May 1, after weeks of forcible protests against Israel’s war with Hamas. Dozens of police cars patrolled the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, in response to a night of violent clashes when counter-protesters attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment. (Photo by Etienne LAURENT/AFP) (Photo by Etienne LAURENT/AFP, Getty Images)
Police ultimately prevailed, taking the activists away in plastic handcuffs or herding them at the edge of the quad, albeit in arm-in-arm formation. Demonstrators shouted and taunted officers throughout the police operation.
Police are arrested after confronting pro-Palestinian students on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, in the early morning hours of May 2, 2024, after breaking down part of a barricade at a campsite. The police were dispatched. Large crowds of people were present on American university campuses on May 1, after weeks of forcibly cleared protests against Israel’s war with Hamas. Dozens of police cars patrolled the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, in response to a night of violent clashes when counter-protesters attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment. (Photo by Etienne LAURENT/AFP) (Photo by Etienne LAURENT/AFP, Getty Images)
The encampment lasted a week. UCLA security protected it and pro-Israel vigilantes attacked the encampment Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, delegating security powers to the activists until authorities took action. (Local authorities have promised to prosecute the vigilantes.)
Meanwhile, activists assaulted journalists and prevented UCLA students, including Jewish students, from accessing the campus and facilities surrounding the encampment. They also raised and shouted slogans such as “From the river to the sea/Palestine will be free” and “Intifada revolution”, which refer to the destruction of Israel and terrorism against the Jewish people. I think it’s anti-Semitic.
Joel B. Pollack is a senior editor at Breitbart News. Breitbart News Sunday Sunday nights from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM ET (4:00 PM to 7:00 PM PT) on Sirius XM Patriot. He is the author of a recently published e-book.The Zionist conspiracy (and how to join it)‘ is now available on Audible. He is also the author of an e-book. Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 US Presidential Election. He is the recipient of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter @joelpolak.
