LAPD Clears Pro-Palestinian Encampment at UCLA

Published on May 2, 2024

Just before daybreak, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other law enforcement agencies had encircled defiant protesters at the University of California’s LA (UCLA) campus after declaring the pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus illegal. Although some of the protesters disregarded messages sent out that told them to leave and even chanted “We’re not leaving,” the LAPD began to make them leave in the early morning hours. “AVOID THE AREA of Dickson Plaza due to police activity; Police have ordered an evacuation of Dickson Plaza due to an unlawful assembly,” a campus safety alert on Thursday morning said. “DO NOT re-enter the area of Dickson Plaza & follow the direction of public safety personnel. UCLA has modified campus operations.”...

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