Browsing: Pro-Palestinian protesters

Over 100 people were arrested following a pro-Palestinian protest that erupted at Emerson College overnight. According to Boston police, 108 individuals were arrested, with four police officers sustaining injuries, including three minor and one serious. No injuries were reported among the detained protesters…

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) criticized Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) visit to Columbia University on Wednesday, stating that he was stirring up more 'anger and hate' by going to the university. “This is a man who is holding on to his Speakership. He knows he might be on the chopping block,” Omar said on MSNBC’s “Alex Wagner Tonight.” “And…

Dozens of student protesters at the University of Southern California (USC) were arrested Wednesday night amid escalating tensions on college campuses throughout the country over the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. The demonstrators were arrested peacefully, after police gave them warnings to disperse or be detained, The Associated Press reported. Police officers…

Jon Lovitz, who is an actor and comedian, said on Wednesday that Hollywood actors might be hesitant to criticize the pro-Palestinian protests happening on college campuses in the U.S. Lovitz, who is Jewish and has publicly opposed the recent demonstrations, shared with Jesse Watters of Fox News that people have been asking him why he's speaking out on the issue.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) mentioned that the pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Texas at Austin should be in jail, and arrests were happening. “Arrests are ongoing and will keep happening until the crowd leaves. These protesters should be in jail,” Abbott wrote on the social platform X. Texas state police detained at…

Texas state police detained pro-Palestinian demonstrators Wednesday on the University of Texas at Austin campus after hundreds of students walked out of classes and began a sit-in to support Gaza, local and state media reported. Social media videos show state police in riot gear attempting to disperse the crowd. The Texas Tribune reported four students…