Police are deployed to universities across the United States due to unrest over protests

Police were mobilized this Wednesday on several campuses U.S after entering the previous day at the universities of The angels It is New Yorkmain scenes of student protests against the intervention of Israel at the Gaza strip.

Dozens of police vehicles were on the campus of University of Californiain The angelsfollowing violent clashes when a group of detractors attacked a pro-Palestinian student camp.

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In New YorkO Columbia University woke up under heavy police protection after the violent eviction, on Tuesday night, of pro-Palestinian protesters barricaded in a building and the dismantling of a camp in the center’s gardens.

US police officers stand guard after clashes erupt on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown/AFP) (FREDERIC J. BROWN/)

A new camp was erected on the campus of Fordham University of New York, according to images published on social media.

The presence of riot police on university campuses has left many students perplexed.

“I don’t think there should be a police presence on campuses.“, the student told AFP UCLA, Marco Torre22 years old, while observing the situation behind some metal fences.

Although as time passes,I think it’s a necessary evil to at least maintain security on campus“, he considers.

In New York, some students lamented the “brutality and aggressiveness“police.

“At least one student was hospitalized“, the organizers of the protests reported in a statement this Wednesday.

“They attacked us, detained us brutally. And they held me for up to six hours before they let me go, badly beaten, trampled on me, cut me“, a student of Colombiawho said his name was José.

A medical student who assisted detainees during their release described a series of injuries.

New York police arrested a student while cleaning a building that had been occupied at Columbia University. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP). (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/)

“We saw things like severe head trauma, concussions, someone being knocked out by the police at the camp, someone being thrown down the stairs”, said the student who said her name was Isabel.

The images released by the students showed a person rolling down the stairs and then on the ground being handcuffed by police officers.

The police intervention left around 300 detained in Columbia and another university center in New York, the Municipal Collegethe mayor announced Eric Adams this Wednesday.

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Adams accused “agitators outside the University”Of rising tensions, which Columbia students deny.

The chancellor of Colombia, Minouche Shafikwho turned to the police twice in less than two weeks, said Wednesday that the situation caused him a “deep sadness”.

“I’m sorry this situation happened.”, he assured in a statement.

“Small number”

In recent weeks, protests have spread to around thirty universities across the country to denounce the situation in Gaza strip and require centers to sever ties with the country and conflict-linked companies that provide funds.

University officials are trying to balance free speech rights with complaints that the rallies have led to anti-Semitism and hatred.

The President’s Administration Joe Biden – whose unconditional support for Israel outraged many protesters – also tries to maintain balance.

“We believe it is a small number of students who are causing this disruption, and if they are going to protest, Americans have the right to do so peacefully and lawfully.,” the White House press secretary told reporters. Karine Jean-Pierre.

But Biden’s rival in November’s presidential elections, donald trump applauded the police action in Colombia.

NYPD officers transport stranded students on a bus as they clean a building they occupied at Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Photo by Kena BETANCUR/AFP). (KENA BETANCUR/)

“It was a beautiful thing to see. The best of New York“he said at a rally in Wisconsin.

“I tell all deans to remove the camps immediately, defeat the radicals, and reclaim our campuses for all normal students“, he said.

“Free Gaza”

In addition to Columbia and UCLA, police also released the University of Wisconsin in Madison and detained several protesters, according to television images.

At the University of Arizona, police said they used “irritating chemical ammunition“disperse”an illegal meeting”.

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On Wednesday, students asked protesters over loudspeakers to advance on an encampment blocking the entrance to one of the city center’s main libraries, where there was graffiti that read: “free Gaza”.

The unprecedented attack of the Palestinian movement Hamas he October 7th in Israelwhich left 1,170 dead, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count of official Israeli figures, triggered the Israeli military offensive that killed at least 34,535 people.

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