UCLA's police chief 'reassigned temporarily' after campus protests on Israel-Hamas war [View all]
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/23/ucla-police-chief-reassigned/73815238007/
UCLA's police chief 'reassigned temporarily' after campus protests on Israel-Hamas war
The University of California, Los Angeles, has "temporarily" reassigned the school's police chief following protests and violent clashes on campus over Israel's war in Gaza.
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Early that morning, dozens of counterprotesters, some carrying Israeli flags and wearing black clothes and masks, attacked the encampment at Dickson Plaza, an outdoor quad on the campus.
Video of the scene captured the counterprotesters pulling down the encampment's fence, lobbing fireworks into the camp, and spraying pro-Palestinian protesters with pepper spray. Some in the group carried metal bars and sticks, which they used to beat people who tried to exit the encampment.
Officers on the scene did not intervene for more than an hour while the violent clash continued, sparking heavy criticism of the Los Angeles Police Department and campus police. In a statement the next day, the LAPD said "no arrests were made, no force was used, and no officers were injured."
The students hate the UCPDLA. This is a good first step but not nearly enough.
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