The Latest | Police break up protests, make arrests at UCLA, Dartmouth, New York schools

Arrests proceed connected campuses astir the U.S. arsenic constabulary dismantle camps of students protesting Israel’s warfare successful Gaza. At UCLA, officers removed barricades and moved successful connected hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave, scuffling with protesters and detaining some.

Other arrests were made astatine Dartmouth College, and the New York State universities astatine Buffalo and Stony Brook. The Associated Press has tallied astatine slightest 38 times since April 18 wherever arrests were made astatine field protests crossed the U.S. More than 1,600 radical person been arrested astatine 30 schools.

Currently:

— Dueling protesters clash astatine UCLA hours aft constabulary wide pro-Palestinian objection astatine Columbia

— Student protesters scope a woody with Northwestern University that sparks disapproval from each sides

— How Columbia University became the driving unit down protests implicit the warfare successful Gaza

— Trump’s examination of pupil protests to Jan. 6 is portion of effort to downplay Capitol attack

Here's the latest:

Dartmouth College President Sian Leah Beilock defended the determination to apprehension astir 90 radical Wednesday night, hours aft an encampment had acceptable up protesting the war.

“Last night, radical felt truthful powerfully astir their beliefs that they were consenting to look disciplinary enactment and arrest. While determination is bravery successful that, portion of choosing to prosecute successful this mode is not conscionable acknowledging — but accepting — that actions person consequences,” she said successful a statement. She cited field policies prohibiting demonstrations that interfere with Dartmouth's world ngo oregon summation information risks.

“When policies similar these person been ignored connected different campuses, hatred and unit person thrived — events, similar commencement, are canceled, acquisition is forced to spell remote, and, worst of all, abhorrent antisemitism and Islamophobia reign,” Beilock said.

In New York, protesters were arrested overnight astatine Stony Brook University and the University astatine Buffalo, 2 campuses of the authorities assemblage system.

A University astatine Buffalo spokesperson said 16 radical were arrested precocious Wednesday aft failing to comply with an bid to disperse. Newsday reported that constabulary arrested respective twelve protesters astatine a Stony Brook encampment aboriginal Thursday and forced others to leave.

Police removed barricades and began dismantling a pro-Palestinian demonstrators’ fortified encampment aboriginal Thursday astatine the University of California, Los Angeles, aft hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave. Some radical were detained, their hands bound with zip ties.

The enactment came aft officers spent hours threatening arrests implicit loudspeakers if radical did not disperse. A assemblage of much than 1,000 had gathered connected campus, some wrong a barricaded structure encampment and extracurricular it, successful support. Protesters and constabulary shoved and scuffled arsenic officers encountered resistance.

With constabulary helicopters hovering, the aerial was pierced by the dependable of flash-bangs, which nutrient a agleam airy and a large sound to disorient and stun people. Protesters chanted, “Where were you past night?” astatine the officers, successful notation to Tuesday night, erstwhile counterprotesters attacked the encampment and the UCLA medication and field constabulary took hours to respond.

In the Mideast, Iranian authorities tv carried unrecorded images of the constabulary action, arsenic did Qatar’s pan-Arab Al Jazeera outer network. Live images of Los Angeles besides played crossed Israeli tv networks, arsenic well.

California Highway Patrol officers poured into the field by the hundreds aboriginal Thursday. Wearing look shields and protective vests, they stood with their batons protruding retired to abstracted them from demonstrators, who wore helmets and state masks and chanted, “You privation peace. We privation justice.”

Muslim organizations and students blasted UCLA officials and constabulary successful a Wednesday quality conference, saying they failed to intervene arsenic students successful pro-Palestinian encampment connected the Los Angeles field were verbally harassed, capsicum sprayed and beaten during a brawl with counter-protesters earlier successful the day.

“The assemblage needs to consciousness the constabulary are protecting them, not enabling others to harm them,” said Rebecca Husaini, main of unit for the Muslim Public Affairs Council.

Speakers disputed the university’s relationship that 15 radical were injured and 1 hospitalized, saying the fig of radical taken to the infirmary was higher. One pupil described needing to spell to the infirmary aft being deed successful the caput by an entity wielded by counter-protesters.

Several students who spoke said they had to trust connected each other, not the police, for enactment arsenic they were attacked, and that galore successful the pro-Palestinian encampment remained peaceful and did not prosecute with counter-protesters.

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said successful a connection Wednesday that “a radical of instigators” came connected field to “forcefully attack” the pro-Palestinian encampment, prompting the schoolhouse to inquire for assistance from extracurricular instrumentality enforcement agencies.

“However 1 feels astir the encampment, this onslaught connected our students, module and assemblage members was utterly unacceptable,” Block said. “It has shaken our field to its core.”

Block promised the assemblage volition behaviour a thorough investigation.

The Provost astatine Columbia University successful New York says each last exams and immoderate remaining people sessions should beryllium held remotely for students astatine its Morningside Heights campus. Any papers, projects oregon presentations owed this week besides are being delayed until adjacent week.

The assemblage has been paralyzed by demonstrations, and constabulary person cleared retired a gathering that had been occupied by anti-war protesters.

The assemblage is powerfully encouraging students to permission field and spell location aboriginal for the semester.