Person Arrested, Removed From Pro-Palestine Encampment at UC Irvine

Campus police at the University of California–Irvine arrested a person who exhibited “erratic behavior” and engaged in an altercation with members of a pro-Palestine encampment, officials said. The person, whose age and gender were not specified, was arrested May 10 on suspicion of illegal camping and removed from campus, according to a university statement. “The individual had joined an unauthorized encampment established on campus grounds, but was not connected with any of the student protesters or other non-affiliates participating in the encampment,” the UC Irvine statement said. “The individual had been exhibiting erratic behavior including engaging in a physical altercation with members of the encampment, and was continuing to present a danger to those within the encampment as well as general members of the campus community. The individual was arrested outside of the unauthorized encampment....