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Campus protests live updates: 'Horrific violence' on UCLA campus after police clear New York protest - BBC News Campus protests live updates: 'Horrific violence' on UCLA campus after police clear New York protest - BBC News
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Regan Morris
Reporting from UCLA Pro-Palestinian campus groups have for years called on their institutions to support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, as a means of pushing back against Israel.
There’s a large police presence at UCLA now and a handful of protesters outside the camp cordon. Both sides are fortifying their space - police setting up metal barricades and protesters setting up wooden boards and protest signs. No US university has ever committed to the BDS framework, although some have cut specific financial ties in the past.
It’s difficult to see into the camp now - police are keeping us about a 100ft back (30m), and protesters won’t allow access from back entrances. While divestment would have a negligible impact, if any, on the war in Gaza, protesters say it would shed light on those who profit from war and help build awareness of their issue.
After clashes overnight, it’s relatively quiet. Some protesters outside the cordon said the students inside the camp sprayed them with bear spray overnight. Meanwhile, activists at Columbia and elsewhere have highlighted the protests at the end of the 1960s against US involvement in the Vietnam War.
In between the police and protesters is a large screen showing pictures of the people kidnapped by Hamas in the attack on southern Israel on 7 October, which prompted Israel's military operation in Gaza. Thousands were arrested and there were violent clashes with police.
Four students in Ohio were killed in 1970 when the National Guard opened fire.
Their deaths triggered a nationwide student strike and hundreds of universities closed.
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