13 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at Stanford After Occupying President’s Office

Published on June 5, 2024

Clashes between protesters and authorities at Stanford University on June 5 resulted in 13 arrests as the Northern California campus became the latest battleground in the pro-Palestinian movement. Local county sheriff’s deputies joined Stanford’s Department of Public Safety officers who intervened after about a dozen demonstrators barricaded themselves inside the office of the school’s president while issuing a series of demands through social media Wednesday. Police used a crowbar to enter the occupied building about two hours after the protest began. A public safety officer was injured by protesters during the response, according to University President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez....