Violent clashes spread across US between protesters and riot police

Following the arrest of dozens of protestors at Columbia University in New York, a similar demonstration at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) has spiraled into chaos.

Video of pro-Palestine and pro-Israel protestors throwing pallets and hitting each other, leaving many bloodied, have begun to circulate as those on the ground initially reported no police presence – with one witness saying ‘security ran away’.

Other California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles Police Department officers have been spotted lining up outside of the encampment, which has a large homemade barricade made with metal barriers and plywood to keep the two sides apart.

A corridor has been created on a walkway to allow protestors to leave the area peacefully without being arrested as police continue to move in.

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Violent clashes spread across US between protesters and riot police

Students are demanding schools cut financial ties with Israel.

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[Hol]

I can't tell what the percentages are, but some journalists are saying that a majority of the protesters are not local to the universities and never were enrolled.

You can tell by the way these are organized that there is outside money and apparently 'rent a rioter' is very popular these days.

 

[Baby Yoda]

I can't tell what the percentages are, but some journalists are saying that a majority of the protesters are not local to the universities and never were enrolled.

We watched them pull a hood and mask off one of "protestors" this morning, and it was a middle aged black woman. (Not that she could not have technically been a student, but most likely not.)