According to a New York Post report, police in riot gear moved to clear a ten city on the University of Pennsylvania campus Friday morning after more than two weeks of demonstrations.
At 6am, the police gave students in the tent encampment a 2-minute warning to clear out — then moved in.
From The New York Post:
As of 7 a.m., the majority of the protesters had dispersed or been taken into custody, the outlet reported.
Six students had previously been given “mandatory leaves of absences” from the Ivy League school over their participation in the protest.
“Today, the University issued mandatory temporary leaves of absence for six students in accordance with our policies and pending the results of the Center for Community Standards and Accountability disciplinary investigations. These actions are a result of the University’s continuing response to the unauthorized encampment on College Green,” the school said in a statement Thursday.
Demonstrators on campus refused a mandate to show school ID — and one anti-Israel group celebrated last week that no arrests were made for not complying in the days after that request.
“Because of our collective will and strength, we were able to call the administration’s bluff, resist the panic they intended to set in and win this first battle,” UPenn’s Faculty for Justice in Palestine wrote on Instagram on Monday.
The UPenn encampment is one of the many anti-Israel protests occupying college campuses across the US over the past couple of weeks.
Watch the footage from the scene below:
BREAKING: Police taking tents down at University of Pennsylvania encampment on Day 16. pic.twitter.com/iMRSLBfqj0
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) May 10, 2024
BREAKING: @PhillyPolice commissioner @PPDCommish leading massive contingent of officers in tactical gear moving on the University of Pennsylvania protest encampment. Roads closed around encampment. pic.twitter.com/1mQfPKHAEA
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) May 10, 2024
“Penn’s here operating. We’re here to support.” @PhillyPolice commissioner Kevin Bethel told me as arrests continue on campus of University of Pennsylvania campus ending encampment. pic.twitter.com/e5FCs5Ut1i
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) May 10, 2024
🚨#BREAKING– PRO PALESTINE PROTEST ENCAMPMENTS WERE CLEARED OUT nationwide early this morning.
• Police dressed in full riot gear at both University of Pennsylvania and MIT encircled and ordered protest encampments to clear the areas early this morning.
Protesters who refused… pic.twitter.com/GbV19ERaOH
— Diligent Denizen (@DiligentDenizen) May 10, 2024
More over at The New York Post:
Cops in riot gear storm anti-Israel 'tent city' on UPenn campus https://t.co/IocSZpERnY via @nypost
— Michael J. Fell (@MichaelJFell) May 10, 2024
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