Police made more than 40 arrests as pro-Palestinian protest encampments were dismantled Friday at the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, hours after police tear-gassed demonstrators and took down a similar camp at the University of Arizona.
- Penn: The dismantling at Penn came around 5:30am, as campus and Philadelphia police moved in to remove protesters from an encampment that had been in place for more than two weeks, per the AP. School officials said protesters were given warnings and the chance to leave without being detained. About 33 people, including students and faculty members, were among those arrested without incident and charged with defiant trespass, the school said.
- MIT: In Cambridge, Massachusetts, video showed police roaming through the MIT encampment. Police in riot gear arrived around 4am, encircled the camp and gave protesters about 15 minutes to leave. Ten students who remained were arrested, the university's president said. A crowd outside the camp began gathering and chanting pro-Palestinian slogans but were dispersed by 6am.
- Arizona: At the University of Arizona in Tucson, campus police in riot gear fired tear gas late Thursday at protesters before tearing down an encampment that the university said violated school policy. It's unclear if there were any arrests. The university said police vehicles were spiked, and rocks and water bottles thrown at officers and staff.
The AP has recorded at least 72 instances since April 18 in which arrests were made at
US campus protests. (More
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