Some universities called in police to break up the demonstrations, resulting in ugly scuffles and dozens of arrests, while others appeared content to wait out student protests as the final days of the semester ticked down.
By Steve LeBlanc and Nick Perry, Associated PressUniversity of Southern California protesters fight with University Public Safety officers as they try to remove tents at the campus' Alumni Park during a pro-Palestinians occupation on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 in Los Angeles.
Students hold up a photo of University of Southern California 2024 valedictorian Asna Tabassum in protest to her canceled commencement speech on the campus of University of Southern California on Thursday, April 18, 2024. At Emerson College in Boston, 108 people were arrested overnight at an alleyway encampment. Another 93 people were arrested during a Wednesday night protest at the University of Southern California. And new encampments and protests continued to pop up at campuses across the country.Students protesting the war are demanding schools cut financial ties to Israel and divest from companies enabling the conflict.
Workers take down a Palestinian flag early Thursday, April 25, 2025, after police broke up the Emerson student's encampment at the location near Emerson College, in Boston. Over a hundred people were arrested overnight at the alleyway encampment near the school. Emerson canceled classes Thursday.
On Wednesday, officers at the University of Texas at Austin aggressively detained dozens of protesters. Hundreds of local and state police — including some on horseback and holding batons — bulldozed into protesters, at one point sending some tumbling into the street. In all, 57 people were jailed and charged with criminal trespass, according to a spokeswoman for the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
North of USC, protesters at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, remained barricaded inside a building for a third day. The school shut down campus through the weekend and made classes virtual.
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