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Halifax Regional Police release Dartmouth suspect’s name and photo | SaltWire #news #novascotiaLOS ANGELES - Violent clashes erupted early on Wednesday morning on the campus of the University of California in Los Angeles between pro-Palestinian protesters and a group of counter-demonstrators supporting Israel.
As student rallies have spread to dozens of schools across the U.S. in recent days expressing opposition to Israel's war in Gaza, police have been called in to quell or clear protests. The Los Angeles Police Department said on X it was responding to UCLA's request"due to multiple acts of violence within the large encampment on their campus", to restore order and maintain public safety.Los Angeles Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, whose district includes UCLA, posted on X:"Everyone has a right to free speech and protest, but the situation on UCLA’s campus is out of control and is no longer safe.
Students standing outside the hall - the site of various student occupations dating back to the 1960s - jeered at police with shouts of"Shame, shame!". Sueda Polat of Columbia University Apartheid Divest, the coalition of student groups that organised the protests, said they did not pose a danger and urged police to back down.In her letter, Shafik said the Hamilton Hall occupiers had vandalized university property and were trespassing. The university earlier warned that students taking part in the occupation faced academic expulsion.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators also gathered at City College New York in Harlem late Tuesday, with the university ordering individuals off the campus and asking police to assist, New York Police Department Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said. Dozens of protesters were arrested, the New York Times reported.
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