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A pro-Palestinian encampment is seen cordoned disconnected by stanchions connected nan UCLA field connected Sunday. Police moved successful to dismantle nan encampments Thursday morning. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
May 2 (UPI) -- Authorities successful Los Angeles started clearing retired pro-Palestinian protesters and their encampments early Thursday greeting aft nan demonstrators ignored orders nan leave.
Video captured some protesters being taken away by California Highway Patrol officers arsenic nan officers fired flashbangs into nan encampment.
Despite nan fierce action by rule enforcement, immoderate protesters attempted to stay astatine nan encampment, linking arms and singing.
Several 100 officers successful riot cogwheel moved into nan encampment area earlier dawn, arsenic they pushed done immoderate demonstrators who tried to extremity them from advancing without success. Police started tearing down nan encampments erstwhile reaching them.
Officers appeared to return "dozens" of protesters into custody arsenic they swept done nan UCLA encampment, CNN and NBC News reported. Some were restrained pinch zip ties arsenic officers pushed done nan campus.
UCLA Associate Professor Graeme Blair told CNN he expected that module members who were connected supporting nan protests were "all expecting to get arrested."
"The University of California Los Angeles has declared nan encampment and each unauthorized tents and structures successful Dickson Plaza to beryllium unlawful," a university alert said earlier constabulary started to participate nan encampments.
"The assemblage requires that everyone must time off nan encampment and adjacent areas, arsenic good arsenic each unauthorized structures and tents immediately, until further notice."
The action is portion of accrued rule enforcement action against pro-Palestine protesters connected campuses astir nan state arsenic demonstrators called connected assemblage officials to divest costs from Israel because of nan ongoing Gaza War and its effect connected Palestinians.
More than 40 colleges and universities person seen pro-Palestinian protests, while an expanding number of administrations chose to usage constabulary unit to extremity nan demonstrations on pinch nan threat of suspensions and expulsions for participating students.
