Sunday, May 5, 2024 1:19PM
Police moved onto the USC campus and began clearing out a pro-Palestinian encampment after the school issued a warning to protesters.
LOS ANGELES () — Police Sunday morning moved onto the USC campus and began clearing out a pro-Palestinian encampment after the school issued a warning to protesters.
According to student journalists with Annenberg Media, the campus was shut down as more than 100 officers in riot gear surrounded the encampment.
Around 5:15 a.m., the university sent a message on X, saying “If you are in the center of campus, please leave. People who don’t leave will be arrested.”
It’s unclear if any arrests were made or how many protesters were at the encampment.
This comes after the school issued a warning to protesters that the encampment violated school police and must come down.
According to student journalists with USC Annenberg Media, the assistant director of the USC Village Residential Colleges read a letter to demonstrators Saturday that read the encampment must come down.
DEVELOPING: We will add more details to this report as they become available.
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