here in San Francisco. Emma Goss, NBC Bay Area News this morning, a massive protest encampment cleared from the campus of UC Santa Cruz after a clash between police and protesters. Tonight appears those protesters have already returned. The university says around 80 people were arrested as a CHP. Officers from as far away as San Francisco moved in overnight. The camp was set up on May 1st, but last week moved closer to Central Campus, where demonstrators began blocking the main entrances. Protesters say what happened overnight was a major escalation. They started brutalizing students, started putting their hands on them and using force. I think that this level of police force being used against like, quote unquote, like unlawful protesters is like it's ridiculous. Police cleared the area around three this afternoon, and protesters immediately moved back in and started blocking entrances again. The UC Chancellor posted a letter to the community this morning saying after repeated unanswered calls to clear the camp and remove the blockade from the entrance, they decided to request law enforcement's help. The statement went on to say, quote in part, this decision was not made because individuals demonstrated it was because the
