STEPHANIE LIN. WE START WITH POLICE RESPONDING IN RIOT GEAR TO UC SANTA CRUZ EARLIER THIS MORNING ARRESTING PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS BLOCKING THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO CAMPUS THAT ENCAMPMENT IN PLACE SINCE THE START OF THE MONTH. SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY KRON FOUR'S CHARLES CLIFFORD SHOWS US THE LATEST HAPPENING THERE. CHARLES. >>WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. ACCESS TO THE UC SANTA CRUZ CAMPUS REMAINS CLOSED DOWN. YOU SEE POLICE THE ROADWAY APPROACHING CLOSED HERE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVED IN TO REMOVE A PROTESTER ENCAMPMENT. >>EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, LAW ENFORCEMENT IN RIOT GEAR INCLUDING OFFICERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL. THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGAN CLEARING ENCAMPMENTS FROM THE UC SANTA CRUZ CAMPUS. PROTESTERS UPSET ABOUT THE CONFLICT IN GAZA BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL HAVE BEEN HERE ON CAMPUS FOR WEEKS. THE UNIVERSITY SAYS THEY'VE BEEN ASKING PROTESTERS TO LEAVE AND STOP BLOCKING ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL TO NO AVAIL. IN A STATEMENT ON FRIDAY, THEY DEFENDED THEIR DECISION TO MOVE IN SAYING IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE RESTORE FULL ACCESS TO OUR CAMPUS AND AND OTHER ON LAWFUL, UNSAFE ACTIONS AS DEMONSTRATORS CONTINUED TO DISRUPT CAMPUS OPERATIONS AND THREATEN SAFETY, EVEN DELAYING ACCESS OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES. IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO WITHOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVENTION. THE SCHOOL ALSO SAYS THAT MULTIPLE ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. BUT AS OF MIDDAY FRIDAY, IT'S UNKNOWN EXACTLY HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AROUND 100 PROTESTERS REMAINED ON SCENE AFTER BEING PUSHED BACK BY POLICE. THEY SAY THE SCHOOL HAS GONE TOO FAR. SO WHAT'S THE MOOD AMONGST EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW? YEAH, THE MOOD IS REALLY, REALLY WE'RE WE'RE QUITE FRANKLY, WERE PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE. THEY'RE YELLING AND THE SCREAMING BECAUSE THIS ENORMOUS VIOLATION OF HER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND A OVERBOARD REACTION IN TERMS THE LEVEL OF BRUTALITY THAT WE'RE WITNESSING BY LATE MORNING. MOST OF THE ENCAMPMENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW LONG LAW ENFORCEMENT WILL REMAIN ON SCENE. >>PROTESTERS TOLD KRON 4 THAT THEY ARE GOING TO STAY. ALL RIGHT. BACK LIVE NOW WITH CAMPUS CLOSED DOWN TODAY. ALL CLASSES WERE HELD REMOTELY. BUT FOR NOW IN SANTA CRUZ, CHAR
