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Where College Protests Against Israel’s War in Gaza Are Happening

In recent days, police and university administrators have clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on a growing number of college campuses across the country, arresting students, clearing encampments and threatening academic consequences.

The new wave of student activism against the Gaza war was sparked by the arrest of at least 108 protesters at Columbia University on April 18, after administrators appeared before Congress and promised a crackdown . Since then, police interventions on several campuses, notably in some of the largest American cities, have led to more than 700 arrests.

This is where arrests were reported as authorities attempted to disperse protests or encampments:

  • Columbia University: New York City police arrested 108 protesters as they evacuated an encampment on the Manhattan campus on April 18.

  • Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut: Police arrested 60 people Monday, including 44 Yale students, after they refused to leave an on-campus encampment.

  • New York University in Manhattan: Officers made dozens of arrests Monday evening after students occupied a space on campus.

  • University of Minnesota in Minneapolis: Nine people were arrested after setting up an encampment on Tuesday. All persons affiliated with the university were allowed to return to campus and civil warnings of trespassing were “set aside.”

  • University of South Carolina in Colombia: two students were arrested after a demonstration on Tuesday, according to a police report.

  • University of Southern California in Los Angeles: police arrested 93 people during a demonstration Wednesday afternoon.

  • University of Texas at Austin: Police arrested 57 protesters on Wednesday. A spokeswoman for the county attorney’s office said charges against many people were dropped after the office found legal “deficiencies” in their arrests.

  • Emerson College in Boston: Police arrested 118 people while clearing an encampment Wednesday evening, authorities said.

  • Ohio State University in Columbus: A university official said 36 people, including 16 students, were arrested Thursday. Earlier in the week, two students were arrested during a protest on campus, university officials said.

  • Emory University in Atlanta: At least 28 people were arrested Thursday morning, an Emory official said; 20 had ties to the school.

  • Indiana University Bloomington: On Thursday, university police said 33 people were evacuated from an encampment and taken to jail. There were 23 other arrests Saturday, police said.

  • Princeton University New Jersey: Two graduate students were arrested after setting up tents Thursday.

  • University of Connecticut in Storrs: Campus police officers removed at least one tent at a gathering Thursday and arrested at least one person, a university official said.

  • California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt: Protesters occupied two buildings on the Arcata, Calif., campus, university officials said. Three people were arrested there this week.

  • Auraria Campus in Denver: About 40 people were arrested Friday on a campus that houses facilities for the University of Colorado Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver and Community College of Denver, campus police said.

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: Social media posts On Friday, police arrested at least one person and dismantled an encampment.

  • Arizona State University in Tempe: A university official said 69 people were arrested early Saturday after protesters set up an encampment. Three people were also arrested on Friday.

  • Northeastern University in Boston: Massachusetts State Police said 102 protesters were arrested Saturday. Earlier in the day, the university said that among those arrested, students who presented their university ID cards had been released.

Halina Bennett, Nicolas Bogel-Burroughs, Robert Chiarito, Jill Cowan, Matthew Eadie, Colbi Edmonds, Jacey Fortin, J. David GoodmanJohnna Margalotti, Erin Nolan, Jenna Russell, Edgar Sandoval And Jonathan Wolfe reports contributed.



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