Two University of Texas at Austin students shared their experiences after being arrested and released during a pro-Palestinian protest on campus Wednesday.Oluch
by law enforcement during the escalation of tensions at the demonstration. Both said their charges were later dropped.
Nguyen said officers grabbed her out of the crowd to arrest her separately, which she captured on video. She believes they arrested her because she "assumes was an easy target for them.""There's people behind us and our arms are locked. Like we cannot move," Nguyen said. "Stampedes happen all the time and those really do hurt people. And so we were kind of put in a sticky situation.
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