A DAY TO CELEBRATE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN GRADUATES DISRUPTED BY PRO PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS. WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT REST. IT'S THE MOST RECENT INSTANCE OF A PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT HAS SWEPT ACROSS CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE IN RECENT WEEKS. IT'S SOMETHING ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN CAMPUS. WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING FOR WEEKS. WEEKS AGO, STUDENTS SET UP AN ENCAMPMENT ON CAMPUS TO PROTEST THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. WE SHOWED YOU THIS SCENE FROM LAST NIGHT AT THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATER AND DANCE, THEIR COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY. POLICE BROKE UP A LARGE GROUP OF PROTESTERS THERE AT HILL AUDITORIUM. IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WAS A SIGN FOR THINGS TO COME, BECAUSE TODAY PROTESTERS MADE THEIR VOICES HEARD IN THE BIG HOUSE. A GROUP OF STUDENTS STOOD UP DURING COMMENCEMENT AND BEGAN CHANTING AND HOLDING UP SIGNS. JACQUELINE FRANZEN SPENT THE DAY ON CAMPUS, AND SHE JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. >> THE DIAG ON CAMPUS HAS BEEN HOME BASE FOR THE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS. YOU CAN SEE THE ENCAMPMENT BEHIND ME. BUT EARLIER THEY TOOK THEIR CHANCE TO THE BIG HOUSE. GOOD MORNING. WELCOME TO THE 2024 COMMENCEMENT. IT WAS A DAY THEY WAITED AND WORKED FOR AND ALL THE FINAL EXAMS FINALLY PAID OFF. ONE OF HONOR AND PRESTIGE. GRADUATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TO THE INDOMITABLE CLASS OF 2024. >> YOU DID IT! CONGRATULATIONS >> WITH THE POMP AND MOST DIVERSE.CAME PROTEST THIS >> WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL NOT REST. >> ABOUT 50 GRADUATES CALLING FOR THE UNIVERSITY CITY TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES WITH TIES TO ISRAEL. THE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST, A RESPONSE TO THE ONGOING CONFLICT IN GAZA AND ISRAEL ABOVE THE BIG HOUSE, A BANNER IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL READING ALL JEWISH LIVES MATTER. WHILE THE PROTESTING STUDENTS DIDN'T WANT TO TALK ON CAMERA. THEIR SIGNS AND CHANTS CONVEYED THEIR MESSAGE. POLICE AND FACULTY WERE PREPARED FOR THIS, HELPING TO MINIMIZE THE DISRUPTION WHILE ALLOWING THE RIGHT FOR PEACEFUL PROTEST. I THINK IT WAS HANDLED ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU KNOW WELL THE CROWD AND FELLOW GRADUATES HAD A MIXED REACTION. >> I CAN'T EVEN HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE GRADUATION WITH THIS GOING ON. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEIR SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR GRADUATION WAS DURING COVID, SO THEY ALREADY HAD THAT RUINED. AND THEN NOW YOU GOT THIS GOING ON TOO. I MEAN, IT'S LIKE, GIVE THESE PEOPLE A BREAK. >> THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTEST. >> YEAH, I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THE UNIVERSITY CONFIRMS THERE WERE NO ARRESTS DURING THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY, AND TY TOLD US THEY'RE HAPPY WITH HOW EVERYTHING WENT, WANTING THE FOCUS TO REMAIN ON THE GRADUATES AND THEIR
