University protesters settle in for 10th day
Manchester Evening News|April 27, 2024
THE students at an encampment Columbia University who inspired a wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations across America dug in for their 10th day yesterday. It comes as administrators and police at college campuses from California to Connecticut wrestle with how to address protests that have seen scuffles with police and hundreds of arrests.
University protesters settle in for 10th day

Officials at Columbia and some other schools have been negotiating with student protesters who have rebuffed police and doubled down. Other schools have quickly turned to law enforcement to douse demonstrations they can take hold.

After a tent before encampment popped up on Thursday at Indiana University Bloomington, police with shields and batons shoved into protesters and arrested 33. Hours later at the University of Connecticut, police tore down tents and arrested one person.

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