Don’t mess with Texas…
In sharp contrast to the response to protesters on the Columbia University campus in New York City, law enforcement officials at the University of Texas at Austin have started cracking down on anti-Israel protesters.
State troopers in riot gear close in on anti-Israel protesters on the campus of UT Austin Monday after UT Austin police issued a dispersal order.
Per the university’s newspaper, The Daily Texan, state troopers have arrived at the front of the Tower in riot gear, as the crowd grew to more than 100 people.
FOX 7 Austin reports that the protesters at UT Austin have begun using cable and chains to secure their table barricade. Texas troopers encircled the protesters and a few scuffles have broken out. At least one was arrested.
Watch footage below:
BREAKING: LAW ENFORCEMENT MOVING IN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CAMPUS, AUSTIN TO CLEAR AN IMPROMPTU ENCAMPMENT. pic.twitter.com/sPCe1C3Lay
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) April 29, 2024
I’m on the scene at UT Austin. Protesters sittting with linked arms in the center of the South Lawn as DPS surrounds them. Multiple arrests so far pic.twitter.com/dy7mUNRh66
— Ryan Chandler (@RyanChandlerTV) April 29, 2024
BREAKING: Texas DPS troopers have arrived and approaching crowd at the University of Texas in Austin
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 29, 2024
Dozens of Texas State Trooppers in riot gear line up ready to arrest students trespassing on the UT Austin campus.
Defiant activists however are refusing to move and shout “Off our campus.”
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 29, 2024
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