Three Jewish students filed a lawsuit alleging that their civil rights were violated when UCLA allowed 'antisemitic activists' to bar them and other students from going to their classes, offices and the library during pro-Palestinian demonstrations in April and May.
Three Jewish students filed a lawsuit Wednesday against UC Regents and other university officials, alleging that their civil rights were violated when
allowed a group of extremist students and outside agitators to set up an encampment where they stopped Jewish students and faculty from accessing the heart of campus.In the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, pro-Palestinian demonstrations emerged on college campuses nationwide. spokesman said the university did not immediately have a response.According to the plaintiffs, the activists used checkpoints, issued wrist bands, built barriers, and often locked arms to prevent Jewish students from passing through.For a week, the lawsuit contends,
instructed security staff to discourage unapproved students from attempting to cross through the areas blocked by the activists."If masked agitators had excluded any other marginalized group at
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