A professional-Israeli counterprotester was arrested Thursday morning by UCLA police, weeks after he allegedly assaulted occupants of a campus protest encampment with a wood pole.
In line with the UCLA Police Division, detectives interviewed witnesses and victims and reviewed safety digicam footage from the pro-Palestinian demonstration to determine the suspect, who was not affiliated with the campus and allegedly amongst a bunch who violently attacked college students, school and employees on April 30.
The 18-year-old man was detained at a enterprise in Beverly Hills and booked for felony assault with a lethal weapon, police mentioned. He’s at present being held in Los Angeles County jail on $30,000 bail. This seems to be the primary arrest of a counterprotester.
A legislation enforcement supply confirmed to The Occasions that the person is Edan On, who was recognized by CNN final week as a counterprotester sporting a white hoodie and a masks in extensively shared photographs and movies that confirmed him repeatedly hitting a pro-Palestinian protester with the pole. On can also be listed on the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Division arrest log.
“The UCLA Police Division is dedicated to investigating all reported acts of violence and is actively working to determine the opposite perpetrators of violence related to any protest or counter-protest actions between April 25, 2024, and Might 2, 2024,” the Police Division mentioned in an announcement. “The investigations are ongoing.”
A group of scholar reporters had been amongst these attacked by counterprotesters on April 30. The violence prompted an impartial overview of the college’s actions and legislation enforcement’s response to the campus unrest. Universities throughout the nation have been disrupted by protests over the Israel-Hamas warfare.
In early Might, greater than 200 individuals had been arrested at UCLA as police and protesters clashed for hours.
Campus Police Chief John Thomas was faraway from his submit and reassigned, officers mentioned earlier this week, after he was criticized for safety failures that led to violence at a pro-Palestinian encampment. And UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was interrogated by members of Congress Thursday over his dealing with of complaints relating to campus antisemitism.
