'Encampment cannot continue': UChicago issues letter, asks community to avoid Main Quad

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ARRESTED ARE JUVENILES. NOW TO A DEVELOPING STORY WHERE TEMPERS ARE FLARING ON THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. THIS IS THE VIEW NOW FROM SKYCAM 9 AND A 5 OF THE ENCAMPMENT AS PROTESTERS DEMAND A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA. WGN'S JULIAN CREWS IS LIVE AT THE UNIVERSITY WITH MORE ON WHAT HE'S SEEING. JULIET. >> JULIAN CREWS: WELL, JEN AND BEN, THE CLASH PROTESTERS THIS AFTERNOON, MOSTLY SHOUTING AND PUSHING, ADDING TO THE TENSION OF THE LAST 5 DAYS WITH TOP UNIVERSITY LEADERSHIP MAKING IT CLEAR AFTER NEGOTIATIONS BROKE DOWN YESTERDAY THAT THESE CONTROVERSIAL ENCAMPMENTS CANNOT CONTINUE. >> ONLY THEY. >> JULIAN CREWS: CONFLICT ON THE CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON ON THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE AMERICAN FLAG >> HOUSE WAYS PLACE THIS MORNING. PALESTINIAN FLAG CAME BACK DOWN, BUT THE AMERICAN FLAG GO BACK SO WE WANTED TO DO WAS COME BACK HERE AND RAISE THE AMERICAN FLAG. >> JULIAN CREWS: THE INCIDENT TOUCHING OFF THIS CLASH BETWEEN NEWLY ARRIVED COUNTER PROTESTERS THOSE AT GROWING CAN'T. >> THEY STARTED AGITATING AND THAT SOME PEOPLE BACK. WE WANT ANYBODY GET HURT. THAT ALL WORKS IN THEIR FAVOR. I'M SORRY THAT THE COUNTER PROTESTERS ARE UPSET ABOUT THE PEOPLE HERE PROTESTING THE MASS MURDER OF AT THIS POINT AROUND STUDENT ORGANIZERS. YOU, CHICAGO UNITED FOR PALESTINE, MAKING DEMANDS FROM UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION TO FIRST ACKNOWLEDGE GENOCIDE IN GAZA. THEY SAY. >> JULIAN CREWS: AND TO DIVEST FROM THE GAZA GENOCIDE AND TO DISCLOSE UNIVERSITY INVESTMENTS. >> IN WEAPONS MANUFACTURER NOT. BUT NEGOTIATIONS TO REACH A COMPROMISE AGREEMENT. BREAKING DOWN, UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS SAY THAT THE ENCAMPMENT HAS CREATED A SYSTEMIC DISRUPTION OF CAMPUS LIFE. MONOPOLIZING AREAS OF THE MAIN QUAD. >> JULIAN CREWS: AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER MEMBERS OF THE UC COMMUNITY IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT, UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT LEAVE US TODOS SAYING, QUOTE, THE ENCAMPMENT PROTESTERS HAVE FLOUTED OUR POLICIES RATHER THAN WORKING WITHIN THEM. DESPITE YOU CHICAGO BEING AN INSTITUTION THAT ALLOWS FOR MANY WAYS TO EXPRESS VIEWS. NOW WITH THIS SITUATION HEATING UP HERE IN THE HIGH PART, CHICAGO'S MAYOR AND POLICE SUPERINTENDENT. ARE KEEPING AN EYE ON THE SITUATION HERE. THEY WAIT IN THIS AFTERNOON ON THIS CONTROVERSIAL SITUATION. WE'LL HAVE MORE COMING UP IN TH
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Channel: WGN News
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Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)
Published: Sat May 04 2024
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