In a pre-dawn raid Thursday, Los Angeles police officers leveled the tents at the pro-Palestinian protest at UCLA after pushing through barricades, deploying stun grenades and taking over most of the encampment. Dozens were arrested at Stony Brook, Fordham, Yale, Wisconsin-Madison and UT-Dallas.
The University of Minnesota reached an “initial agreement” to end its pro-Palestinian encampment and will reopen buildings previously closed by protests, its president said. It joins Northwestern University in successfully bringing an on-campus protest to a close.
Democratic lawmakers in Arizona have called upon Arizona State University leaders to reconsider what they consider harsh penalties facing student protesters.
The University of Vermont will disclose a list of its investments this week, school spokesman Adam White told The Post — a rare victory for pro-Palestinian protesters, who have called for universities to disclose ties with and divest from businesses linked to Israel.
At Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, police arrested 90 protesters early Thursday, including a 65-year-old professor who described her arrest as “brutal.”
More than 2,000 people have been arrested on campuses nationwide, according to a count kept by The Washington Post.
