Over 2000 held in past fortnight
PrashantNews
In a crackdown on pro-Palestinians protests in universities and colleges, the US forces have arrested more than 2000 people from different areas in the past fortnight in what President Biden said was a move to restore “order”.
“We are a civil society, and order must prevail,” Biden said from the White House, in his first direct remarks on the escalating students unrest.
BBC said police have detained more than 2,000 people nationwide in the past fortnight at college rallies and protest camps. That includes 209 arrests early on Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Hundreds of officers in riot gear moved on to UCLA’s main campus before dawn and cleared its pro-Palestinian camp.
The students’ protests in support of Gaza have now spread to nearly 140 colleges in at least 45 states.