UCLA Students Express Fear After Overnight Clash of Protesters

Published on May 2, 2024

WESTWOOD, Calif.—Students walking past a barricaded quad area May 1, where violent clashes erupted overnight on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, said they feared for the safety of their classmates engaged in the sixth day of a pro-Palestinian encampment. Hundreds of student protesters sympathizing with Palestinian, in the wake of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, continued to occupy Royce Quad, following a night of riots and police intervention. The group calling itself the UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment set up the encampment April 26, one day after a similar protest collapsed across town at the University of Southern California when nearly 100 protesters were arrested....

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