Last night we saw law enforcement moving onto the campus of UCLA as they were preparing to remove the pro-Hamas encampment.
They waited until about 5am eastern (2am local) to actually begin after giving plenty of warning to the protesters that they must leave. The protesters refused.
In the videos below you will see the California Highway Patrol using shot guns with rubber bullets and tear gas to begin dispersing the 400 or so protesters that refused to leave the encampment:
#California police had enough of the #UCLA protestors.
Well done Police! Trash must be treated like trash!
pic.twitter.com/ApYcano7V7— Knowledge Seeker (@ketarbmann1) May 2, 2024
BREAKING – RIOT POLICE HAVE BROKEN THROUGH, POLICE HAVE BREACHED THE ENCAMPMENT. PEOPLE BEING DETAINED AT UCLA
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) May 2, 2024
BREAKING: Law enforcement breaches pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA https://t.co/UcZ59CexDs pic.twitter.com/WWYJ4tBFgM
— KTLA (@KTLA) May 2, 2024
🎥 WATCH: NYPD gains massive Control over the few remaining of the Pro Palestine students, signifies an end to the UCLA encampment/protest soon #UCLA #UCLAProtest #Palestine #Gaza #ColumbiaUniversity#AmericanUniversities #FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/Eh5jzjcUZj
— Forsige Breaking News (@ForsigeNews) May 2, 2024
This is the total mess that has been left behind by the encampment that must be cleaned up before school can resume on Monday:
Just look at this mess! pic.twitter.com/bqy2MzijJz
— Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 (@KarluskaP) May 2, 2024
And here’s a bonus video of a police officer tossing the Palestinian flag and angering some of the protesters:
Police shutting down ucla encampment. Palestine flag gets thrown away angering the protestors. #Israel pic.twitter.com/uPuOFXqh1A
— Johnny (@tallyman2023) May 2, 2024