Pro-Palestine Protests at US universities: More than 200 people were arrested after resisting orders to disperse from the now-dismantled unlawful encampment on the University of California, Los Angeles campus, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said in a statement. Block referred to the encampment as a "huge disruption."
Till now around 2,000 pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested across US university campuses. President Joe Biden defended the right to peacefully protest on college campuses but said vandalism, violence, hate speech and other “chaos” has no part in a peaceful protest.
“Dissent is essential for democracy,” he said at the White House Thursday morning.“But dissent must never lead to disorder.” Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have popped up at many college campuses following the arrest of demonstrators in April at Columbia University. The Democratic president said the U.S. is neither an authoritarian nation that squashes dissent, nor a lawless country.“We are a civil society and order must prevail,” Biden said. “We are a big, diverse, free-thinking and freedom-loving nation.” Tensions at colleges and universities have been building, with demonstrators refusing to remove encampments, administrators cancelling classes and events and police clearing some protests by force.Police arrested pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses across the country overnight, most notably at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a crowd of demonstrators and made arrests. Stay with The Times Of India for live updates:
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