Dueling groups of protesters have clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat…
Police have swept through campuses across the U.S.
In Madison on Wednesday, a scrum broke out after police with shields removed all but one tent and shoved protesters. Four officers were injured, including a state trooper who was hit in the head with a skateboard, according to University of Wisconsin police spokesperson Marc Lovicott. More tents sprang up within hours. More than 30 people were initially detained, but police said only four were charged with battering law enforcement.This is all playing out in an election year in the U.S.
“I’ve never seen this happen before," said Gomez, adding that he isn’t with either group."I’ve never seen people get so heated.” Late Tuesday, New York City police officers entered Columbia's campus and cleared a tent encampment, along with Hamilton Hall, where a stream of officers used a ladder to climb through a second-floor window, and police said protesters inside presented no substantial resistance. The demonstrators had seized the Ivy League school building about 20 hours earlier.
Al-Arian, a retired elementary school teacher, told The Associated Press that Adams misstated both her role in the protests and the facts about her husband, Sami Al-Arian, a prominent Palestinian activist. Nahla Al-Arian said she did go to Columbia for one day on April 25 to see the protest encampment there, but left after she got tired.
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