UCLA Vice Chancellor Mary Osako issues a statement saying ‘We are sickened by this senseless violence and it must end.’
Demonstrators clash at an encampment at UCLA early Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. Dueling groups of protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. out on UCLA’s campus in the late hours of Tuesday night as pro-Israel counter protesters attacked members of the “Palestinian Solidarity Encampment” and law enforcement failed to reestablish peace until around 4 a.m.
An injured person gets help at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA late Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. Dueling groups of protesters clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. A University of Southern California protester is detained by USC Department of Public Safety officers during a pro-Palestinian occupation at the campus’ Alumni Park on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in Los Angeles. of Royce Quad, setting up about 30 tents and sealing off the area with wooden fences. The Palestine Solidarity Encampment is led by several campus organizations including the UC Divest Coalition, Students for Justice in Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace.
“It’s just sad to me because I know a majority of my Jewish friends feel unsafe,” said first-year student Eli Tsives. “They won’t even leave their dorm. They don’t want to walk to classes because they don’t feel safe.”UCLA administration issues a statement saying that it supports students’ right to free speech and will not request law enforcement intervention at this time. The encampment continues to swell in size and student protest leaders control the foot traffic in and around Royce Quad.
Council on American-Islamic Relations LA asks UCLA to investigate reports of encampment members being harassed including an alleged incident when a backpack full of mice was thrown into the encampment. The statement accuses the UCLA of “refusing to acknowledge the fascist zionist militias’ blatant abuse of power both here on campus and in Palestine” and says that “Zionists threaten our safety every night by verbally, physically, and emotionally assaulting the students participating in the encampment.”I am at the UCLA quad, where things have been very tense all day after school law enforcement has asked protesters to leave and a large group of counter protesters has thrown fireworks.
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