Leroy N. Soetoro
2024-05-16 03:17:48 UTC
https://abcnews.go.com/US/uc-irvine-protest-escalates-demonstrators-
occupy-campus-building/story?id=110282898
Tensions at the University of California, Irvine campus escalated
Wednesday as a group of several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters entered
a lecture hall and surrounded the building, according to school officials.
The Irvine Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Department
were called to the scene after the university called for mutual aid from
local law enforcement agencies, UC Irvine said in an emergency update.
Authorities have begun making arrests, though the number is unknown during
the active situation.
Police are beginning to tear down barricades from the encampment and move
into the building.
Protesters entered the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall on the UC Irvine
campus at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time, according to the university.
Classes for the remainder of the day were canceled and school officials
urged anyone in the immediate area to evacuate until further notice.
"Anyone currently in buildings in the vicinity of the protest are advised
to exit buildings & leave area at this time," UC Irvine wrote in an update
on X. "Please disregard all previous orders to shelter in place. If able,
please leave immediately & continue to avoid the protest area until
further notice."
Pro-Palestinian protesters have been present on the UC Irvine campus since
establishing an encampment on April 29, according to the university.
Wednesday's unrest comes amid weeks of protests breaking out at
universities across the country, calling for institutions to divest from
companies that financially support Israel.
On Tuesday, UC Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher announced
that investments from companies that students are targeting in their call
for divestment represent $32 billion, which is nearly one-fifth, of the UC
system's overall assets.
Last month, the University of California president said the institutions
would not boycott or divest from Israel.
ABC News' Marilyn Heck and Vanessa Navarrete contributed to this report.
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occupy-campus-building/story?id=110282898
Tensions at the University of California, Irvine campus escalated
Wednesday as a group of several hundred pro-Palestinian protesters entered
a lecture hall and surrounded the building, according to school officials.
The Irvine Police Department and the Orange County Sheriff's Department
were called to the scene after the university called for mutual aid from
local law enforcement agencies, UC Irvine said in an emergency update.
Authorities have begun making arrests, though the number is unknown during
the active situation.
Police are beginning to tear down barricades from the encampment and move
into the building.
Protesters entered the Physical Sciences Lecture Hall on the UC Irvine
campus at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time, according to the university.
Classes for the remainder of the day were canceled and school officials
urged anyone in the immediate area to evacuate until further notice.
"Anyone currently in buildings in the vicinity of the protest are advised
to exit buildings & leave area at this time," UC Irvine wrote in an update
on X. "Please disregard all previous orders to shelter in place. If able,
please leave immediately & continue to avoid the protest area until
further notice."
Pro-Palestinian protesters have been present on the UC Irvine campus since
establishing an encampment on April 29, according to the university.
Wednesday's unrest comes amid weeks of protests breaking out at
universities across the country, calling for institutions to divest from
companies that financially support Israel.
On Tuesday, UC Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher announced
that investments from companies that students are targeting in their call
for divestment represent $32 billion, which is nearly one-fifth, of the UC
system's overall assets.
Last month, the University of California president said the institutions
would not boycott or divest from Israel.
ABC News' Marilyn Heck and Vanessa Navarrete contributed to this report.
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We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.