Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at UT-Dallas as police break up encampment

, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.Dozens of police officers broke up pro-Palestinian protests and tore down tents at the University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson on Wednesday, 12 hours after students set up an encampment to demand university divestment from U.S. corporations that have ties to Israel's war in Gaza.showed some people being taken away by officers. It was not immediately clear how many were arrested.

UT-Dallas issued a statement earlier Wednesday stating that setting up an encampment, including tents and barricades, is not permitted under UT System policy. The group that organized the protest, Students for Justice in Palestine, held a sit-in earlier last week at UT-Dallas' administration building.

The violence has sparked demonstrations at campuses across the country. UT-Dallas’ marks the second in the state that has resulted in arrests.

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