Police end pro-Palestine protest at University of Southern California

This Sunday the police evicted the student camp installed on one of the campuses of University of Southern Californiain The angelsto protest support U.S to the Israeli offensive in Gaza strip.

“He Los Angeles Police Department is cleaning the center of CPU (University Park Campus). If you are in the center of campus, please leave. People who don’t leave may be arrested”, the educational center published on social media.

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This camp was created after the police had already expelled a first protest on April 24, in which more than 90 people were arrested.

Los Angeles Police Department officers dismantle the pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California (USC) Alumni Park in Los Angeles, California, on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Jason Goode/AFP) (JASON GOODE /)

Tensions soared at this private university when the institution’s rector Carol Foltdecided in mid-April to cancel, for alleged security reasons, the speech given by the best student of the year at the graduation ceremony, which in this case would be given by the Muslim Asna Tabassum.

Later, he announced the cancellation of the entire ceremony, which would take place on May 10th with more than 65 thousand participants in the stadium. Los Angeles Coliseumbut then called again with the security at the site reinforced.

The rector said in a statement on Friday that “Freedom of speech and assembly does not include the right to obstruct equal access to campus, damage property, or encourage harassment, violence, and threats”.

The eviction of the protest USC This comes after police forcibly dismantled the camp on Thursday night in University of California (UCLA), also in The angelswhere many students offered resistance and around 200 were arrested.

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Several pro-Palestine protests at public and private universities across the country U.S were dissolved by the police claiming that they promote “antisemitism”, in operations that left more than 2,500 students detained.

Protesters protest against US support for the Israeli offensive in Gaza strip and require universities to sever any relationship with institutions linked to Israel.

On Saturday, police removed tents and arrested 25 people at a protest in University of Virginiawhile dozens of students noisily interrupted the university’s big graduation event University of Michigan.

Source: Elcomercio