This post was updated May 2 at 6:37 a.m.
For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here.
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Police officers are pictured Thursday morning in Dickson Plaza, where law enforcement cleared the encampment started by the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA on April 25. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment at UCLA, see here.
Hundreds of Palestine encampment protesters – including students and faculty – were arrested Thursday morning in Dickson Plaza, authorities said, in a move to clear Dickson Plaza of the encampment site.
As the sun rose, hundreds of officers with municipal and state law enforcement agencies continued their sweep of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, capping off weeklong protests that have resulted in altered class schedules, hundreds of arrests and injuries.
“We’re California Highway Patrol, SRT (Special Response Team) team members, but we also were working in conjunction with other departments such as UCLA police, LAPD and LASD,” said Alec Pereyda, a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, on Thursday morning.
It began with ear-piercing screams of wailing babies loudly emitting from speakers.
Counter-protesters tearing down the barricades. Laser pointers flashing into the encampment. People in masks waving strobe lights.
Tear gas.
Midweek baseball basked in the sun and breeze at Eddy D. Field Stadium, with views of the Pacific Ocean beyond the left-field wall.
The picture-perfect setting starkly contrasted the two teams on the field, who had lost 28 games each heading into Tuesday.