Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
University of California, Los Angeles police on Thursday made their first arrest in the case of a violent mob attack on protestors at a peaceful pro-Palestine encampment at the university on April 30 and May 1. The police charged Edan On, an 18-year-old high school senior, with felony assault for attacking at least one person with a wooden pole. He was remanded to a Los Angeles jail, where he's being held on a $30,000 bond, according to The Guardian.
The mob also shouted 'Second Nakba!' at the protestors, referring to the forced displacement of Palestinians from their homeland in the late 1940s, according to a Los Angeles Times reporter. On's mother, who had previously described UCLA student protesters as 'human animals,' bragged about his role in the attack on social media, even circling an image of him.
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