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Protests continue on campuses across the US as more students are arrested
People gather on the Northwestern University campus to show support for Gaza residents in Evanston, Illinois, on April 25, 2024. Protest signs on the grass. (Credit: (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
A wave of pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses is spreading across the country, with hundreds of people arrested.
At Columbia University in New York, the center of the demonstrations, student protesters said they would not leave until the university met other demands, including cutting ties with Israeli academic institutions and withdrawing its funding from Israeli-linked institutions. Does not agree. Protestors in other campuses also have similar demands.
Campus camps across the country have brought together students from diverse backgrounds – Palestinians, Arabs, Jews and Muslims – to condemn the Israeli bombing of Gaza.
Here are the latest developments:
Columbia University- This Friday, the faculty is expected to vote on a resolution reprimanding university President Minouche Shafik for several of his decisions, according to The New York Times. Shafiq has been criticized for authorizing police to suppress student protests on campus.
University of Southern California- The university canceled its main graduation ceremony next month, citing “new safety measures”. About 100 people have been arrested from the campus.
Emory University- Twenty-eight people, including 20 members of the Emory community, were arrested during the protest at the school, Vice President of Public Safety Cheryl Elliott said. The Georgia State Patrol said officers deployed pepper balls “to control the unruly crowd” during the protest. A group of Democratic Georgia state legislators condemned the “excessive use of force by the Georgia State Patrol” during the arrest in Emory.
Brown University- The university identified approximately 130 students who allegedly violated the school’s code of conduct, which prohibits camping on campus. According to the university, students found responsible will be disciplined based on their behavior and other factors, including any prior conduct violations.
Emerson College- More than 100 people were arrested and four police officers were injured during a sweep of an encampment at a Boston liberal arts college, according to the Boston Police Department. President Jay Bernhardt said he recognized and respected the “civic activism and passion generated by the protests” after dozens of arrests.
Indiana University- Following protests at the camp, 33 people were arrested on the campus.
George Washington University- University President Ellen M. Granberg said that Washington Metropolitan Police were asked to help relocate an “unsanctioned protest camp” on campus. “The decision was taken after camp participants ignored multiple instructions from Washington Police to move to an alternate location on campus,” he said.
University of California, Los Angeles- A “camp demonstration” formed at UCLA on Thursday.
Northeastern University- An encampment was formed at Northeastern University in Boston, where dozens of protesters were seen forming a human chain around several tents.
Other premises – Since last Thursday, protests have taken place on several campuses, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Michigan, the University of New Mexico, the University of California at Berkeley, Yale University, Harvard University, Princeton University, and the University of Texas at Austin. University, and the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus.