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A protester is tackled by police and arrested at the pro-Palestinian protest on April 24, 2024, at the University of Texas at Austin. At least 50 troops in riot gear were deployed to disperse protesters, with reports of police on horseback and carrying batons aggressively engaging with the demonstrators. [56]
The University of Texas' 141st commencement Saturday evening was followed by a pro-Palestinian protest of students, faculty and supporters in red gloves demanding that the university divest from ...
As the pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas campus died down Wednesday evening following more than 50 arrests, supporters moved to the Travis County Jail, gathering outside in the ...
What was the University of Texas protest about? Sunday’s demonstration was the latest in over a week’s worth of protests happening on campus that escalated on April 24, ...
This is a list of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in 2024 since protests escalated on April 17, beginning with the Columbia University campus occupation.As of May 6, student protests have occurred in 45 out of 50 states in the United States, and the District of Columbia, with encampments, occupations, walkouts or sit-ins on almost 140 campuses.
Media coverage of the protests has been criticized as sensationalized and failing to focus on the protesters' demands and grievances. [422] Dana Bash was criticized for likening college protests to the rise of antisemitism in the 1930s in Europe. [186] The lack of student protesters' voices in most national media coverage has also been ...
Some Jewish students say the protests have veered into antisemitism and made them afraid to set foot on campus. The protests have even spread to Europe, with French police removing dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard. In Canada, student protest camps have popped up at the ...
On social media, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott reposted video of state troopers arriving, saying “No encampments will be allowed." Just last week, hundreds of police pushed into protesters at the university, arresting more than 50 people. The Texas protest and others grew out of Columbia's early demonstrations that have continued. On Monday ...