Students say they suffered broken bones, concussions and other injuries from allegedly aggressive police action breaking up pro-Palestinian protests last week.
Police face off with pro-Palestinian students after dismantling part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, early on May 2.Police face off with pro-Palestinian students after dismantling part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, early on May 2.and inaction — from students and university faculty involved in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on university campuses in New York and Los Angeles.
Isabelle Leyva, a senior organizer with the New York Civil Liberties Union, described"a consistent pattern of NYPD escalation at pro-Palestine protests" over the past few months. The organization is an affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union. More than 2,100 people have been arrested on college campuses across the country over the previous two weeks on universities across the U.S, according toother members of the university, members of the press and lawyers were arrested at 6 a.m. Monday by the members of the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department. At the time, UCLA SJP said, no students were protesting.
Police said school officials have said they made the decision to call in extra security measures in response to"violence and vandalism" — not because the students were holding peaceful protests. "The Sheriff's Department is committed to protecting people's constitutional rights and their right to exercise free speech," the agency said in a statement to NPR on Monday."However, when actions turn violent and cross the line into criminal misconduct the Department will intervene and enforce the laws appropriately. We encourage the public to protest peacefully and listen to law enforcement instructions.
"I saw a girl probably 20 years old, being struck in the face by men who are counterprotesting. It was one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen," Doyle said."We watched as they lined up on the hill alongside the counterprotesters, and they stood there and did nothing," he said."Once mutual aid resources were formed and coordinated, they separated the two groups. No arrest were made, no force was used, and no officers were injured," the LAPD wrote on X.
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