Scores of cops converged on UC Irvine on Wednesday as a pro-Palestinian demonstration escalated, with protesters occupying and barricading the Bodily Sciences Lecture Corridor, which is close to their encampment.
The escalation of the protest started about 2:30 p.m., based on a college spokesperson. College officers have despatched out two alerts telling college students to shelter in place. UCI stated “a bunch of a number of hundred protesters” entered the constructing.
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A UCI professor is arrested throughout an illustration at UCI.
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A weeks-long pro-Palestine protest at UC Irvine demanding the college divest from Israel over the Hamas struggle took a tense activate Could 15.
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A professional-Palestinian demonstrator confront regulation enforcement at UCI.
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A professional-Palestinian demonstrator flashes a chunk signal as a weeks-long pro-Palestine protest at UC Irvine.
![Orange County Sheriff's deputies form a containment line at UCI on May 15, 2024.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fe9a91e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5192x3212+0+0/resize/2000x1237!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Faa%2F08%2F69440a92447183fc346d36f7bd02%2F1449258-me-uci-protest02-ajs.jpg)
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Orange County Sheriff’s deputies kind a containment line at UCI on Could 15, 2024.
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Regulation enforcement from a number of businesses control protesters at UCI.
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Individuals flee the realm after a weeks-long pro-Palestine protest at UC Irvine.
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