200 ARRESTED IN UCLA FOR PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST

Nationwide arrests in campuses around the US has crossed 2,000 as police personnel remove barricades, dismantle camps of students against Gaza war

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LOS ANGELES AT least 200 people were arrested at UCLA Thursday, bringing the nationwide total of arrests to more than 2,000 at dozens of college campuses since police cleared an encampment at Columbia University in mid-April, according to a tally by The AP.

Demonstrations and arrests have occurred in almost every corner of the nation. But in the last 24 hours, they've drawn the most attention at the University of California, Los Angeles, where chaotic scenes played out early Thursday as officers in riot gear surged against a crowd of demonstrators.