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Wednesday, May 01, 2024

Violence broke out early Wednesday at the pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, hours after the university declared that the camp "is unlawful and violates university policy." Just before midnight, a large group of counterdemonstrators, wearing black outfits and white masks, arrived on campus and tried to tear down the barricades surrounding the encampment.

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More: "Horrific acts of violence occurred at the encampment tonight and we immediately called law enforcement for mutual aid support. The fire department and medical personnel are on the scene. We are sickened by this senseless violence and it must end," Mary Osako, vice chancellor for UCLA Strategic Communications, said in a statement.

At around 1:40 a.m., police officers in riot gear arrived, and some counterprotesters began to leave. But the police did not immediately break up the clashes at the camp, which continued despite the law enforcement presence.

At around 3 a.m., a line of officers arrived at the camp and pushed the remaining counter-protesters out of the quad area. The police told people to leave or face arrest.

Some on campus said they were stunned it took so long before officials stepped in to stop the clashes.

Ananya Roy, a professor of urban planning, social welfare and geography, condemned UCLA's lack of response to the counterprotesters.

"It gives people impunity to come to our campus as a rampaging mob," she said early Wednesday. "The word is out they can do this repeatedly and get away with it. I am ashamed of my university."

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass condemned the violence, saying on X it was "absolutely abhorrent and inexcusable."

#1 | Posted by qcp at 2024-05-01 11:10 AM | Reply

Still more: "UCLA supports peaceful protest, but not activism that harms our ability to carry out our academic mission and makes people in our community feel bullied, threatened and afraid," he wrote. He added that the incidents had put many on campus, "especially our Jewish students," in a state of anxiety and fear.

High levels of fear also have been reported by pro-Palestinian students, which Block did not mention " an omission that outraged some campus members.

"It is quite shocking and demoralizing that the chancellor notes only the antisemitism faced by Jewish students when in fact there has been a significant number of incidents of racism and violence against Palestinians, Muslims and in fact anyone considered a supporter of Palestinian rights," said Sherene Razack, a professor of gender studies.

The "Palestinian Solidarity Encampment," which was set up Thursday, said in a statement that "Zionist aggressors," most of them not UCLA students, had been "incessantly verbally and physically harassing us, violently trying to storm the camp, and threatening us with weapons." But campus security did nothing to protect them, the statement said.

The group decried UCLA's move to end the encampment as a "cowardly intimidation tactic" and a "continuation of a long history of attempts to shut down student activism and silence pro-Palestinian voices."

#2 | Posted by qcp at 2024-05-01 11:10 AM | Reply

Violence stuns UCLA as counterprotesters attack pro-Pal camp

Can't wait to see how this turns out; should settle this matter once and for all. LOL!

#3 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-01 11:20 AM | Reply

Pro-genocide schizoid zionist agitators and ex-IDF goons cosplaying as trained soldiers invaded UCLA and attacked students with explosive devices and chemical weapons.

#4 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-05-01 11:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

#4 Probably true.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-01 11:57 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"a large group of counterdemonstrators, wearing black outfits and white masks"

They were very organized and came prepared. This wasn't just a random group of of counterprotesters. They didn't show up at midnight to peacefully protest. Whoever they are, they should be arrested and prosecuted for the violence they caused.

#6 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-05-01 12:04 PM | Reply

I'm going to be shocked if they find any Proud Boys, Oathkeepers, or Maganites among the shock troops attacking the protestors. Shocked, I tells ya.

Prolly all law and order folks, right? Also it appears the Fuzz just stood by and watched for a seemingly inordinate amount of time. Like they were Uvalde police or something.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-05-01 12:24 PM | Reply

Let them fight!

Cats-fighting

#8 | Posted by censored at 2024-05-01 12:34 PM | Reply

Crisis actors
-Snoofy

#9 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-05-01 12:58 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

I would put my money on people hoping to cause a riot.

Like the guy who smashed out the windows at the AutoZone in Minneapolis.

"A man captured on surveillance video smashing windows at a Minneapolis AutoZone in the wake of George Floyd's death is a Hells Angels member bent on stirring up social unrest, police said." www.foxnews.com

#10 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-01 01:00 PM | Reply

"An investigation found that the man was also an associate of the Aryan Cowboy Brotherhood, a White supremacist prison and street gang based mainly in Minnesota and Kentucky. Several of its members were in Stillwater, in eastern Minnesota, late last month when a Muslim woman was confronted by a group of men wearing White supremacist garb."

I'm guessing it's those kind of guys.

It also explains why the police didn't get involved.

#11 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-01 01:02 PM | Reply

Our sort?

They won't be prosecuted unless there's video evidence and probably not then.

Likud wants this Nation wide. If Trump wins they will get it.

#12 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-01 02:34 PM | Reply

"Like the guy who smashed out the windows at the AutoZone in Minneapolis."

#10 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Pretty sure that guy was a cop.

#13 | Posted by IndianaJones at 2024-05-01 05:40 PM | Reply

Excellent interviews with 3 editors of student newspapers where protests are taking place (UCLA, UNC at Chapel Hill and UWC at Madison):

Counterprotesters threw fireworks, tear gas at encampment, UCLA student says

www.nbcnews.com

#14 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-05-02 07:57 AM | Reply

We need to find out about the coordination between the violent counter protesters and the cops.

Was Kyle Rittenhouse there? Sounds like a bunch of wannabe Kyles got to play peacekeeper under the watchful eye of the police.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-02 08:01 AM | Reply

Correction: UW at Madison.

BTW, I was impressed with all 3 editors. The kids are alright as they say.

#16 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-05-02 08:02 AM | Reply

We need to find out about the coordination between the violent counter protesters and the cops.
#15 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

Not just the outside cops but also campus cops:

I'm a UCLA professor. Why didn't the administration stop last night's egregious violence?

The university should have anticipated Tuesday night's chaos--but security personnel were nowhere to be found

forward.com

#17 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-05-02 08:08 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Abbie Hoffman Flees the Feds After Appearance on Underground News

Abbie and Anita were able to tell their wildest stories, family secrets, and of course they talked about their personal revolution, held at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago

www.youtube.com

#18 | Posted by Corky at 2024-05-02 12:56 PM | Reply

So people here seem to approve of "identifying" Jews and not allowing them to move freely?

www.foxla.com

#19 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-05-02 01:02 PM | Reply

Who says they approve of that?
I want names.

#20 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-02 01:13 PM | Reply

Finally, some citizens have stood up to these brainwashed students and their brainwashing foreigner Moslem buddies that have 'kidnapped' one of our American tax funded schools. Giant public Moslem pray services on campus? How is this any different that the Christian Taliban in their attempts to force their religion on the rest of us? Funny how, just as soon as somebody stands up to these egotistical baby warriors for Allah with the same force as they use against other students and facility members they cry for help from the same police that that very morning they were scorning and tossing ---- at. Losers. The vast majority of students in our universities want nothing to do with these morons wearing those stupid table cloths on their heads 'kidnapping' their campuses. I mean kidnapping is just so ISIS, Taliban and Hamas. It is not like UCLA has 44,973 students and I dare say there is not even a small percentage of that number playing campout jihadi Jane and Ahmed. Taking down the American flag and flying that stupid Palestinian flag in its place is disgusting if you ask me and if you do that crap then you will never have me supporting your cause or even taking it seriously. I support peace but do not support people that support terrorist organizations and that is who these people support that take over our tax funded schools and then pretend they are doing us all a favor. Deport the foreigners involved in these take overs and expel the students. Nobody says they cannot protest but in their strong arm actions are derailing 99% of the rest of the students attempt to get a degree. They like to think they are just like the righteous students who fought against the Vietnam war which I supported but they are nothing like them. Hamas would kill every single one of them if they had the chance and enslave all the pretty girls for sexual slavery just like ISIS, Taliban and Al Qaeda do when they take over a country.

#21 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-05-03 05:14 PM | Reply

Finally, some citizens have stood up to these brainwashed students and their brainwashing foreigner Moslem buddies that have 'kidnapped' one of our American tax funded schools. Giant public Moslem pray services on campus? How is this any different that the Christian Taliban in their attempts to force their religion on the rest of us? Funny how, just as soon as somebody stands up to these egotistical baby warriors for Allah with the same force as they use against other students and facility members they cry for help from the same police that that very morning they were scorning and tossing ---- at. Losers. The vast majority of students in our universities want nothing to do with these morons wearing those stupid table cloths on their heads 'kidnapping' their campuses. I mean kidnapping is just so ISIS, Taliban and Hamas. It is not like UCLA has 44,973 students and I dare say there is not even a small percentage of that number playing campout jihadi Jane and Ahmed. Taking down the American flag and flying that stupid Palestinian flag in its place is disgusting if you ask me and if you do that crap then you will never have me supporting your cause or even taking it seriously. I support peace but do not support people that support terrorist organizations and that is who these people support that take over our tax funded schools and then pretend they are doing us all a favor. Deport the foreigners involved in these take overs and expel the students. Nobody says they cannot protest but in their strong arm actions are derailing 99% of the rest of the students attempt to get a degree. They like to think they are just like the righteous students who fought against the Vietnam war which I supported but they are nothing like them. Hamas would kill every single one of them if they had the chance and enslave all the pretty girls for sexual slavery just like ISIS, Taliban and Al Qaeda do when they take over a country.

#22 | Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-05-03 05:14 PM | Reply

It's funny how you found a way to get victimzed by college protesters at your age and position in life.

It's like Vietnam all over again, for you.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2024-05-03 06:09 PM | Reply

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