Students stage demonstrations at UCLA

>> I >> CAN SHARE A MUCH DIFFERENT SCENE THAT BROUGHT YOU AN HOUR AGO WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE HERE VOICE HALL WHERE STUDENTS PALESTINIAN STUDENTS HAVE SET UP MEETING HAPPENING HERE FIGHTS HAPPEN BREAKING NOW SMALL SCUFFLES THROUGHOUT THIS LARGE CROWD OF HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS HAVE BEEN GATHERING SINCE THIS MORNING YOU SEE PRIVATE SECURITY HERE ON CAMPUS SECURITY THEY HAD TO STEP THERE ACTING AS A BARRIER JUST BECAUSE OF THESE DEMONSTRATORS THAT ARE GETTING OUT OF HAND THAT THEY ARE CHANTING THE CHANCE GET OUT GOTTEN MORE TENTS MORE LOUD BUT I DO WANT TO SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO THAT WE GOT A FEW MINUTES AGO A BIG THERE YOU GO JUST A GROUP OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE THEY'RE JUST GETTING OUT OF AND IT WAS ONE AN ISRAELI SUPPORTER GOT INSIDE THIS CAP THEN THAT'S WHEN JUST ESCALATED FROM THERE AND THEN YOU'VE GOT MORE PEOPLE SORT COME IN STEPPING IN AND ON AND AGAIN IT JUST ESCALATED NOW UP THE LATEST ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS OVERTAKEN PRO-PALESTINIAN ENCAMPMENTS AND ACTIVISTS EVEN DEMANDING THAT THE UNIVERSITY DIVEST FUNDS FROM ISRAELI COMPANIES FROM ISRAELI INSTITUTIONS SUBDUE SAY THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE BEING ON CAMPUS AND A PEACE PROTEST OF THE BUT TAKE A TO WHAT BOTH SIDES ARE SAYING. >> BARRIERS ARE SORT OF A SAFETY MEASURES SO THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT IF THEY ARE WALKING IN THIS AREA, THEY'RE JOINING THE ENCAMPMENT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS SOME RISK THAT COMES WITH THAT. >> SEE THIS TYPE YOU KNOW QUOTE UNQUOTE JUST MAKES ME EXTREMELY SAYING THAT THEY ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION THAT THEY STAY BUT AGAIN WE DON'T BEFORE YOU SEE ARE SAID TO THEIR COLLEGE SO A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWING UP MORNING A STUDENT UCLA A PRO PALESTINIAN STUDENT GROUP THEY PUT OUT AN ALERT PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE ESSENTIALLY THE

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Published: Fri Apr 26 2024