Authorities confirmed 70 people were taken in to custody, cited for trespassing and released after they ‘refused to vacate’ the premises
Associated Press journalists saw police zip-tie the hands of about 50 people. Officers then put them in police vans and drove them away. San Francisco police later confirmed that 70 protesters were arrested and cited for trespassing after they “refused to vacate the building”. They have since been released from San Francisco county jail.A group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators entered the building and occupied it for several hours Monday.
About five protesters remained inside the building by late afternoon as officers processed detainees outside.
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