93 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested At California Campus

93 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at California campus according to reports from the United States police.

As pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue across the US, police reported that ninety-three people had been arrested for trespassing at the University of Southern California. Law enforcement has been called upon by several universities to disperse gatherings.

Amid protests over the rising number of deaths in the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza, Los Angeles police said on Thursday that 93 people had been arrested for trespassing at the University of Southern California (USC).

The USC pro-Palestinian demonstration was one of the most recent to occur on American campuses where protesters and law enforcement have clashed.

The terror attacks carried out by Hamas in southern Israel on October 7—which resulted in about 1,200 fatalities and 250 hostages—were the initial cause of the Israel-Hamas conflict.

Since then, Israel has carried out a massive ground offensive across Palestinian territory, which according to health authorities led by Hamas has resulted in the deaths of over 34,300 people, the majority of whom were women and children, and created a humanitarian crisis. While numerous people were protesting on the USC Los Angeles campus, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) declared that it was “in the area”. When the protesters refused to leave, officers helped the university.

“The university is a private campus and the group had been violating some of their orders, and it was a trespass at that point, and we assisted with those arrests,” Kelly, a spokesperson for the LAPD added.

On Wednesday, US House Speaker Mike Johnson paid a visit to Columbia. His concerns about antisemitism on campuses led him to meet Jewish students.

Johnson demanded that Minouche Shafik, the university president, step down “if she cannot bring order in this chaos.”

“If this is not contained quickly and if these threats and intimidation are not stopped, there is an appropriate time for the National Guard,” Johnson stated.

As graduation season draws near, universities have been depending more and more on law enforcement to put an end to protests on campus.

Hundreds of state and local police, some mounted and brandishing batons, moved against demonstrators in Austin, Texas, at one point sending some of them flying into the street. They arrestphitheater, two people were taken into custody at Ohio State University.

The two got disruptive, according to university spokesman Ben Johnson, and were taken into custody.

In Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University posted warning signs against people erecting tents or tables without permission and restricted entry to those with identification. On Wednesday, though, it didn’t stop anyone from erecting tents.

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