Police arrest Gaza protesters, clear hall owned by UC Berkeley

DRAMATIC SCENES HAPPENING RIGHT OUTSIDE THIS UC BERKELEY BUILDING. TONIGHT, POLICE OFFICERS CLEARING OUT PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS FOR OCCUPYING A UNIVERSITY HALL. IT'S JUST THE LATEST STEP IN WIDESPREAD UC SYSTEM UNREST. GOOD EVENING. >> I'M AMA DAETZ AND I'M DAN ASHLEY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. BERKELEY HAS BEEN THE EPICENTER OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROTESTS FOR DECADES, AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TONIGHT HAS CERTAINLY BEEN THE VERY SAME. >> YEAH. THE INTENSITY FLARED UP AGAIN THIS EVENING ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HISTORIC PEOPLE'S PARK. THAT'S WHERE OFFICERS BEGAN MOVING IN TO REMOVE THE PROTESTERS WHO HAD TAKEN OVER THE BUILDING ABOUT 24 HOURS BEFORE. >> ABC SEVEN NEWS REPORTER TARA CAMPBELL HAS THE LATEST ON THE PROTESTER ARRESTS. >> GENOCIDE IS HAPPENING HERE. PRO-PALESTINIAN CHANTS RANG OUT THURSDAY AS POLICE ARRESTED PROTESTERS OCCUPIED AN ABANDONED BUILDING AT UC BERKELEY. POLICE MAKING 12 ARRESTS, CLEARING A BUILDING AT THE ANNA HEAD ALUMNI COMPLEX AROUND 830, A SCHOOL SPOKESPERSON SAYING PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING, BREAKING AND ENTERING AND VANDALISM. MEANWHILE, POLICE WORK TO CONTROL A COUPLE OF DOZEN PROTESTERS GATHERED AT THE SCENE, SOME TENSE MOMENTS AS POLICE TRIED TO PUSH BACK THE CROWD. PROTESTERS DIDN'T WANT TO SPEAK ON CAMERA, BUT WE DID SPEAK WITH A BERKELEY RESIDENT. >> IT'S GOING TO KEEP HAPPENING UNTIL, THERE'S A CEASEFIRE OR THE WAR ENDS. BERKELEY IS A TRADITIONALLY A PROTEST CITY. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF BERKELEY INCIDENTS, JUST THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. NEVER STOP ME. >> POLICE EVENTUALLY DISPERSING THE CROWD. PROTESTERS INSISTING THEY WILL BE BACK

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Length: 1min 42sec (102 seconds)

Published: Fri May 17 2024