Yale investigating report of Jewish student assaulted at pro-Palestinian rally

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STILL THERE AND SO FAR NO ARRESTS. >>> PROTESTS IN OTHER UNIVERSITIES HAVE ALSO ESCALATED IN. CONNECTICUT YALE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER A JEWISH WOMAN SAID SHE WAS ASSAULTED DURING A PRO PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATION. >> CBS 2'S NATALIE DUDDRIGE REPORTS NEW HAVEN POLICE MADE DOZENS OF ARRESTS ON CAMPUS THIS MORNING. >> THEY GAVE ONE WARNING AND SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T IMMEDIATELY VACATE, WE'RE GOING TO ARREST YOU. >> Reporter: AT 6:30 MONDAY MORNING, THIS WOMAN WAS CAMPED OUT ON YALE UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS SHE SAYS DEMONSTRATING IN SUPPORT OF THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE WHEN SHE SAYS POLICE ARRIVED TAKING DOZENS INTO CUSTODY. NEW HAVEN POLICE SAY AT LEAST 45 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED. >> THERE WERE SEVERAL WARNINGS FOR THEM TO LEAVE. THOSE WHO ELECTED TO STAY WERE ARRESTED. >> Reporter: SINCE FRIDAY HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS HAVE BEEN RALLYING, CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE AND URGING YALE TO DIVEST FROM MILITARY WEAPONS. >> YALE HAS A LOT OF INVESTMENTS IN WEAPONS MANUFACTURERS. UNTIL WE HAVE A FREE PALESTINE, UNTIL WE HAVE CEASEFIRE, UNTIL WE HAVE DIVESTMENT, UNTIL WE COMBAT ISLAMOPHOBIA AND A LOT OF THE RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM IS OBVIOUSLY SUCH A HUGE PROBLEM AS WELL. >> Reporter: ON SATURDAY NIGHT THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE YALE FREE PRESS SAYS SHE WAS COVERING THE DEMONSTRATION WHEN SHE WAS ASSAULTED SHE BELIEVES FOR WEARING JEWISH ATTIRE. >> I WEAR A STAR OF DAVID NECKLACE. ONE OF THEM TAUNTED ME BY WAVING A PALESTINIAN FLAG IN MY FACE AND JABBED ME WITH IT IN THE EYE. >> Reporter: IN A STATEMENT YALE POLICE SAID IT'S INVESTIGATING AND SAID THE UNIVERSITY DOES NOT TOLERATE VIOLENCE, THREATS, HARASSMENT, OR INTIMIDATION OF MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IS PROVIDING SUPPORT TO A STUDENT WHO MADE THE REPORT. OTHER DEMONSTRATORS, INCLUDING THE GROUP JEWISH VOICE FOR PEACE, SAY THEIR GOAL IS TO BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER. >> THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE BEING KILLED IS A DANGER TO ALL JEWS BEING KILLED AS WELL. SO ALL OF US NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE VIOLENCE IS WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING AND NOT ONE ANOTHER. >> Reporter: NOW THAT THIS DEMONSTRATION HAS POPPED UP IN A NEW LOCATION AT COLLEGE AND GROVE STREETS, NEW HAVEN POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NO PLANS TO MOVE OR ARREST ANY NONVIOLENT DEMONSTRATORS. IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, NATALIE DUDDRIGE, CBS 2 NEWS. >> WE HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THE CAMPUS PROTESTS ON
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Channel: CBS New York
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Keywords: CBS2 News At 5, natalie duddridge, yale university, connecticut, local tv, palestinians, antisemitism, israel
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Length: 2min 13sec (133 seconds)
Published: Mon Apr 22 2024
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