Pro-Palestinian protest encampment in center of USC campus cleared; no arrests reported

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>> GOOD MORNING. WE BEGIN OUR 7 O'CLOCK HOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT LIVE PICTURES FROM SKY 5 OVER USC'S CAMPUS. THAT'S WHERE OUR DELAY THIS IS LIVE OVERHEAD >> YEAH, LAUREN AND MEGAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A LOT I PARK HERE AND NOW THE CLEANUP EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW WITH THE GROUP OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE SCHOOL ITSELF CLEANING UP THINKING CAMP AND HERE AGAIN. THE CAM IT LAPD SHOWED UP THIS ISSUED A DISPERSAL ORDER. THE STUDENTS HERE THE PROTESTERS DID LEAVE PEACEFULLY NOW THE CLEANUP IS UNDER WAY ALL THE PROTESTERS HAVE LEFT THE CAMPUS AS YOU CAN SEE SCHOOL POLICE OR THE CAMPUS POLICE STILL ON SCENE A FEW OF THEM STILL HERE LA PD HAS LEFT HAS BEEN GONE FOR A WHILE BUT THE CLEANUP EFFORTS RIGHT NOW AT PARK IS WELL UNDERWAY. THEREFORE WE'RE GOING TO TOSS IT DOWN RANDI RHODES RAMOS ON THE GROUND. >> THANKS SO MUCH APPRECIATE IT NOW HERE ON CAMPUS WERE STANDING IN FRONT OF ALUMNI PARK HORTON TO NOTE THAT THIS ENTIRE CAMPUS REMAINS CLOSED UNIVERSITY PARK CAMPUS HERE REMAINS CLOSED TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, BUT I'M GOING TO STEP ASIDE YOU CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF THE OPERATION BEING LARGELY LED BY FACILITIES DEPARTMENT HERE A PART OF THE UNIVERSITY WHO ARE NOW WORKING GOING EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THIS PARK ORDER TO DISMANTLE THIS ENCAMPMENT THEY ARE TAKING OUT PIECES OF TENSE WOODEN BARRIERS THAT THE OCCUPIERS HERE USE IN ORDER TO KIND OF BLOCK IS HERE AT THIS TIME ONCE LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMBERS OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF USC AND LA PD CAME IN AND GAVE EVERYBODY IN THIS CAMP A WARNING TO LEAVE OR THEY COULD BE ARRESTED TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE SAW YOU KNOW ALI PEAK, I'M IN I'M IN RIGHT HERE IN BLACK SUBURBAN TAKING ON THE SIDES THAT WAS FIRST BEEN DPS CAME IN AND WE JUST STARTED TO SEE THEM LINE UP KIND BACK HERE ON THE EDGE OF TRUESDELL AND JUST PREPARE TO MOVE IN AND YOU KNOW WE KIND OF JUST TRY TO WATCH IT WAS HAPPENING. WE WERE. MOVED TO TAKE THE PERIMETER WE HAD VERY LOW VISIBILITY OF WHAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT WE JUST SAW CURVES OF OFFICERS KIND OF COME IN AND START TO SURROUND THE ENCAMPMENT AND SLOWLY MOVE IN AND ALERT THE PROTESTERS THAT THEY HAVE 15 MINUTES TO LEAVE. MANY PICK A FEW THINGS LEFT ON THEIR OWN. >> ALL OF THIS HAPPENING RIGHT AFTER 04:00AM USC SENDING OUT AN ALERT TO THEIR ENTIRE COMMUNITY SAY THEIR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LAPD IS CLEARING THE CENTER OF UP IF YOU ARE IN THE CENTER OF CAMPUS PLEASE LEAVE PEOPLE WHO DON'T COULD BE ARRESTED. DOZENS OF OFFICERS SURROUNDING ALUMNI PARK AND SLOWLY MOVING IN CLEAR THIS AREA TO OUR KNOWLEDGE THERE WERE NO PHYSICAL PROTESTS, THE ENCAMPMENT MADE UP ROUGHLY DOZENS OF OCCUPY OR SOME CHANTING FREE PALESTINE YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT THERE AND REFUSING TO LEAVE IN A QUICK MANNER, BUT ULTIMATELY EVERYONE WALKED OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY AND WERE ESCORTED WITH OFFICERS BEHIND THEM. AGAIN LA PD ASSISTING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS THIS CAMPUS ROUGHLY A WEEK OLD A WEEK AND A HALF OLD AND IT IS THE SECOND TIME THEY'VE CLEARED THE FIRST TIME RESULTING IN 93 BUT THIS MORNING WE HAVE NOT HEARD OF ANY ARRESTS ARE STILL WORKING TO CONFIRM THAT I WANT TO COME BACK OUT HERE LIVE. WANT TO COME BACK OUT LIVE TO WHERE WE'RE SITTING JOHN I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN MOVE TO WHERE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE WOODEN BARRIERS ARE BEING BROUGHT OUT BY THE FACILITY'S OPERATIONS YOU CAN ALSO SEE >> ALL OF THE DPS OFFICERS THAT ARE STILL HERE THEY ARE STILL MONITORING THE SITUATION LAPD LARGELY LEFT THE CAMPUS, HOWEVER, THOSE DPS OFFICERS STILL HERE AS FACILITIES REMAIN MOVING OUT EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THIS CAMP NOW BEFORE WE GO I WANT TO JUST LEAVE YOU WITH A QUICK STATEMENT THAT JUST CAME OUT FROM THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS JOKE URINE FROM USC CONFIRMING THAT EARLIER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS ALONG WITH LA PD SUCCESSFULLY REMOVED THE ILLEGAL ENCAMPMENT REBUILT ON THE UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS. HE SAYS IT WAS NECESSARY TO REQUEST THE LA PD TO RESPOND TO PROVIDE SECURITY AS THIS WAS CARRIED OUT PEACEFULLY, NO ARRESTS. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO HEAR THERE FROM THE UNIVERSITY THEMSELVES. NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. WE WANT TO THANK LAPD AND EPS FOR HELPING TO CLEAR THIS ENCAMPMENT OUT AND BRING ARE RESTORING NORMALCY FOR STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY. THEY SAY THEY WILL SHARE MORE INFO LATER ON THIS MORNING, BUT AS OF NOW THIS CAMPUS STILL REMAINS CLOSED TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WE AS MEDIA ARE BEING BROUGHT IN AND THEN BROUGHT OUT WE HAVE A MEDIA LIAISON. SO REALLY ON LOCK-DOWN UNTIL
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Length: 5min 33sec (333 seconds)
Published: Sun May 05 2024
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