USC’s Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash with Campus Police

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian University of Southern California students and outside supporters clashed with campus police April 24 as they occupied Alumni Park in the heart of the campus. A group calling itself the USC Divest From Death Coalition organized Wednesday’s demonstration and said it plans to continue the “Gaza Solidarity Occupation” until the university meets its demands, according to the campus newspaper the Daily Trojan. The group set up tents Wednesday morning at the park, located in the center of the private university’s Los Angeles campus. They also issued a list of demands, which include ending what they call war profiteering and investment in genocide, a complete academic boycott of Israel, protection of free speech on campus and full amnesty to students, and no policing on campus....