USC campus remains closed to public after mass arrests of pro-Palestinian demonstrators

Tim PulliamUSC's campus will remain closed to the general public until further notice, although classes will go on as scheduled, one day after nearly 100 people were arrested when police cleared an "occupation" of USC's Alumni Park by pro-Palestinian protesters.

Organizers of the USC occupation -- identifying themselves as the USC Divest from Death Coalition -- issued a statement saying the action is "in solidarity with the people of Palestine as they resist genocide and continue in their struggle for liberation." Some unrest developed around midday when the USC Department of Public Safety moved in to confiscate prohibited items, such as microphones and tents. Some shouting matches between protesters and officers ensued, and some protesters picked up their tents and carried them around the park to prevent them from being confiscated.

In his statement Wednesday afternoon, Guzman noted that the university has a ban on erecting tents or other encampments on the campus, along with a ban on the "use of loudspeakers, signs on poles or stakes and the disruption of classes and other essential functions of the university." Shortly after 5 p.m., campus security began issuing dispersal orders to the group, saying anyone who did not vacate the area would be arrested for criminal trespassing. Hundreds of LAPD officers who had been amassing outside the campus then began marching toward the park, establishing a perimeter around the area.

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