Law enforcement was forced to intervene at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) early Wednesday morning after hours of violent clashes involving anti-Israel protesters. The Los Angeles Police Department arrived at the university at the administration’s request following violent tussles Tuesday evening where mace and barricades appeared to be used as weapons.
National Review explains that the encampment started on Royce Quad, and footage emerged of the protesters beating a Jewish girl unconscious, resulting in a concussion. Footage of a separate incident appeared to show protesters holding a Jewish student against his will on Tuesday and preventing him from leaving the encampment. UCLA protesters on Monday also seemed to prevent a Jewish student from going to class by lining up and preventing the student from accessing the main entrance to his lecture hall.
“Many of the demonstrators, as well as counter-demonstrators who have come to the area, have been peaceful in their activism. But the tactics of others have frankly been shocking and shameful,” Block said in a statement Tuesday.
“UCLA supports peaceful protest, but not activism that harms our ability to carry out our academic mission and makes people in our community feel bullied, threatened and afraid. These incidents have put many on our campus, especially our Jewish students, in a state of anxiety and fear,” he continued.
“We have significantly increased our security presence in the area, including adding greater numbers of law enforcement officers, safety personnel and student affairs mitigators. We have also engaged law enforcement to investigate the recent acts of violence.”
JUST IN: Jewish girl at UCLA sent to the ER after being beaten unconscious by pro-Palestine protesters.
The incident reportedly happened at Dickerson Plaza.
According to ‘ThatKoreanJew’ on IG who is a medical student at UCLA, the girl was surrounded by 5 people.
She suffered a… pic.twitter.com/ctv1hAl6Wu
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 30, 2024
The violence unfolding this evening at UCLA is absolutely abhorrent and inexcusable.
LAPD has arrived on campus.
— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) May 1, 2024
