The number of arrests seems to reach 100 according to various sources cited by the Guardian, since the police raid against the peaceful protest of UCLA students in favor of Palestine. A spokesman for the California State Police spoke of dozens of arrests, while KCAL-TV's Luis Kinder reported more than 100 students were arrested as police “cleared” the campus of scenes during an operation that began in the early hours of Maundy Thursday (local time). The protesting students demanded that the university cut any ties with Israeli companies while condemning “the genocide in Gaza”. Biden: “Cancelling classes is not a peaceful protest” Immediately after the police intervention at UCLA, Joe Biden proceeded with his first statements about the protests at universities: “We are not an authoritarian nation, silencing its people or suppressing the disagreement. In fact, peaceful protesters are the best tradition, but we are not a country […]
Source: News Beast
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