Photos: Authorities move in to clear pro-Palestinian protesters from UC Irvine
Scores of police officers converged on UC Irvine on Wednesday as a pro-Palestinian demonstration escalated, with protesters occupying and barricading the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, which is near their encampment.
The escalation of the protest began about 2:30 p.m., according to a university spokesperson. School officials have sent out two alerts telling students to shelter in place. UCI said “a group of several hundred protesters” entered the building.
Law enforcement personnel push back demonstrators at UCI.
Police grab a demonstrator as they move forward to break up a demonstration at UCI.
Police remove pallets as they continue to move out protesters from the plaza outside the UCI physical sciences building.
A pro-Palestinian protester stands in front of a line of law enforcement officers from multiple agencies.
A UCI professor is arrested during a demonstration at UCI.
The weeks-long pro-Palestinian protest at UC Irvine.
A pro-Palestinian demonstrator confronts law enforcement at UCI.
A pro-Palestinian demonstrator flashes a peace sign.
People flee the area after a weeks-long pro-Palestine protest at UC Irvine.
A protester is arrested as police break up the encampment.
Pro-Palestinian protesters link arms to form a blockade.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
