California Democratic Lawmaker Calls for Civil Rights Investigation Into UCLA Protests

A California lawmaker urged the U.S. Department of Education to investigate potential civil rights infringements at UCLA, amid an eight-day pro-Palestinian encampment regarding the Israel-Hamas war that was ultimately dismantled on May 2, resulting in 210 arrests. Assemblyman Rick Chavez Zbur, a Democrat, on April 30 called for an inquiry into possible violations of the 1964 Title VI Act—which prevents discrimination based on race—at UCLA, particularly regarding the protection of Jewish students from physical and verbal aggression. “I am alarmed and extraordinarily disappointed that the university allowed the situation to deteriorate with seemingly little regard for Jewish and Israeli-American students’ personal safety and their civil rights as enrolled students,” he said in a statement on his website....