Demonstrators gather as law enforcement officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine take position, after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture hall in Irvine, California, May 15, 2024. IRVINE, California: Police on Wednesday took back a lecture hall from pro-Palestinian protesters who for hours occupied the building at the University of California, Irvine, then cleared a student encampment that stood for more than two weeks, witnesses said.
"The police have retaken the lecture hall," UC Irvine spokesperson Tom Vasich said by telephone from the scene."The plaza has been cleared by law-enforcement officers." On Wednesday 200 to 300 protesters took over the lecture hall at a time when no classes were in session, Vasich said. Four adjacent research buildings with potentially hundreds of people inside were locked down, and those inside were instructed to shelter in place, Vasich said, though the university later altered that instruction and instead advised them to leave.
Helmeted police wielding batons formed a line against protesters. Police gradually moved forward, pushing the students back every few minutes, until the officers rushed the crowd and made more arrests.
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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