A protest on the UC Merced campus has grown as the Board of Regents meets for a second day.
Vince YbarraThe board of regents meeting at UC Merced was put on hold after a disruption by protesters in the audience on Wednesday.
After a final warning, the board asked officers from the California Highway Patrol to remove the students from the room. This comes after UC Merced students set up an encampment on Sunday ahead of the three-day board of regents meeting on campus.During Tuesday's meeting, the board of regents told protesters their call to divest from companies and institutions that support Israel was a complex issue that would require selling $32 billion of investments.
Irshad graduated from UC Merced over the weekend but she said she is staying on campus to make her voice heard.A video shared with Action News shows police dining across the street in the early morning hours on Wednesday.
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