Scenes From the Student Protests Churning Across the Country
Despite hundreds of arrests and threats of disciplinary action, pro-Palestinian demonstrations have continued into a third week.
In Photos and Video
Scenes From the Student Protests Churning Across the Country
Despite hundreds of arrests and threats of disciplinary action, pro-Palestinian demonstrations have continued into a third week.
In Photos and Video
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Tensions escalated over pro-Palestinian student encampments at college campuses nationwide, with a growing number of colleges and universities turning to the police to remove protesters, in addition to threatening disciplinary action for students engaged in the protests.
On Thursday, police removed protesters occupying a library at Portland State University, and administrators at the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, N.J., set a deadline for students to disperse.
Since April 18, when at least 108 protesters were arrested at Columbia University, there have been over 2,000 arrests at more than two dozen campuses. President Biden condemned the protests, saying students have a right to demonstrate but “not a right to cause chaos.”
At Columbia, where the protests first took hold, the university president, Nemat Shafik, asked the police to maintain a presence on campus through at least May 17, including commencement, to prevent further encampments or occupations.
Arrests have continued, with more than 200 demonstrators taken into custody in the early hours on Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Here are the latest photos and video from the protests.
University of California, Irvine
A encampment on the University of California, Irvine, campus six days after it was established.
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