Police at Emory University in Georgia have announced the arrest of a 'convicted felon who crossed state lines to come to campus' to participate in anti-Israel demonstrations. Derek Zika, of Statesville, North Carolina, a city outside of Charlotte, was carrying knives and pepper spray when he was taken into custody at the Emory Quad on Sunday afternoon, the University’s police department says.
'Emory Police Chief Burt Buchtinec thanks community members who alerted the department to the individual being on campus,' the statement added. Emory University in Atlanta said last Thursday that 28 people were arrested during a demonstration at the Emory Quad.
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