Chaos on Campus: US universities turn into battle zones over pro-Gaza protests
Across the United States, leading universities and campuses are resembling war zones, as students take over quads and disrupt activities, protesting over the Israel-Hamas war and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The protests at institutions in Texas and California turned ugly on Wednesday when security officials used force to detain the demonstrators
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A woman is arrested at a pro-Palestinan protest at the University of Texas. AP
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Pro-Palestinian protesters are pushed to the edge of campus at the University of Texas, in Austin. Police arrested more than a dozen people including a local news photographer at the university. AP
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A man is arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas. Dane Urquhart, a third-year Texas student, called the police presence and arrests an “overreaction," adding that the protest “would have stayed peaceful" if the officers had not turned out in force. AP
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott cheered the arrests and said on X that students participating should be kicked out of school. “Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled,” he wrote. AP
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Similar pro-Palestine protests also broke out at the University of Southern California. AP
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A University of Southern California protester is detained by USC Department of Public Safety officers during a pro-Palestinian occupation at the campus’ Alumni Park. AP
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Other universities also participated in pro-Gaza protests. A member of the Young Democratic Socialists of America participate in a pro-Palestinian protest in Rudder Plaza on campus, in College Station, Texas. AP
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A demonstrator holds a sign as protesters gather after students built a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Alumni Park, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Los Angeles, California. Reuters
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University of Southern California protesters fight with University Public Safety officers as they try to remove tents at the campus’ Alumni Park during a pro-Palestinian occupation in Los Angeles. AP
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Meanwhile, students continue to maintain a protest encampment in support of Palestinians on the Columbia University campus in New York City. Reuters
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