Police arrested about 300 people at Columbia and City College of New York, Mayor Eric Adams said
The clashes at UCLA and in New York were part of the biggest outpouring of US student activism since the anti-racism rallies and marches of 2020LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK – Mounting tensions on US campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, who returned to the city early from a trip to Washington, and California Governor Gavin Newsom each issued separate statements condemning the overnight violence and calling for an investigation. . Many of those arrested were charged with trespassing and criminal mischief.
With the presidential election coming in November, Republican lawmakers have accused some university administrators of ignoring antisemitic rhetoric and harassment, and some have demanded Columbia's President Minouche Shafik resign. Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump praised the police raid Columbia's campus, saying it "was a beautiful thing to watch." He called the ousted protesters "raging lunatics and Hamas sympathizers."Before the clashes in Los Angeles, UCLA officials declared that an encampment on its campus was unlawful, violated university policy and included people unaffiliated with the campus.
"The encampment would be a peaceful effort were it not for the continuous presence of counter-protesters and agitators," he wrote in a text message.
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