- Title: Calm restored after violent UCLA clashes
- Date: 1st May 2024
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 1, 2024) (REUTERS) PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTER SITTING ON STEEL BARRICADE AT ENCAMPMENT WATCHING THE SCENE, WEARING MASK TWO WOMEN WALKING THROUGH ENCAMPMENT, SIGN ON TENT IN BACKGROUND READING (English) "Ceasefire now. Free Palestine" and "Medic". TWO PEOPLE TALKING WOMAN POURING WATER FROM AN OPEN BOTTLE, ANOTHER WOMAN HELPING MA
- Embargoed: 15th May 2024 15:49
- Keywords: Gaza Hamas Hostages Israel Palestine UCLA education law enforcement peace police protest student university violence war
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: US
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,North America
- Reuters ID: LVA001932101052024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: There was heavy police presence on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) on Wednesday morning (May 1) following violence the evening before that saw a pro-Palestinian encampment attacked.
People could be seen walking through the encampment, with its borders loosely secured by pallets, plywood and steel barricades. Just across a lawn hung a sign reading 'Hamas, free the hostages' while law enforcement officers, some wearing helmets, milled around the area. Journalists could also be seen reporting from the campus.
As student rallies have spread to dozens of schools across the U.S. in recent days expressing opposition to Israel's war in Gaza, police have been called in to quell or clear protests.
The student protests in the United States have also taken on political overtones in the run-up to the presidential election in November, with Republicans accusing some university administrators of turning a blind eye to antisemitic rhetoric and harassment.
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