UCLA police chief reassigned following mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters

Police officers gather during demonstrations by protesters in support of Palestinians in Gaza and pro-Israel counter-protesters, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California, US April 28, 2024.

Thomas and other university officials, as well as the Los Angeles Police Department, drew sharp criticism for their response to violence that flared at UCLA between pro-Palestinian activists and a group who attacked them late on the night of April 30. A spokesperson for California Governor Gavin Newsom later criticised the "limited and delayed campus law enforcement response" to the unrest as "unacceptable."

The two days of disturbances thrust UCLA to the centre of mounting weeks of tensions at dozens of US college campuses, where protests of Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza led to students clashing with each other and with law enforcement. Days after the UCLA upheaval, university officials said a panel of outside experts would conduct a broad review of campus security operations and law enforcement's response to the incident. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced a separate investigation to identify and arrest perpetrators of the melee.

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