Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Jewish Tiktoker, Cupid Soulja, mocked Pro-Palestine protesters covering their faces with masks in viral trolling video on UCLA campus.
UCLA Chancellor, Gene D. Block, addressed the Bruin community after a week of unrest that culminated early Thursday after officers dismantled the pro-Palestinian encampment.
“Our community is in deep pain. We are reeling from days of violence and division. And we hope with all our hearts that we can return to a place where our students, faculty and staff feel safe and, one day, connected again,” wrote Block.
Many protesters left on their own, but others were arrested. Los Angeles Police Department officials said 209 people were taken into custody. Many were booked on suspicion of failing to disperse, a misdemeanor, a law enforcement source told The Times.
By mid-morning, students, staff and other protesters had begun trickling out of the jail in downtown Los Angeles, carrying plastic bags filled with their belongings and yellow citations.
Early Thursday morning, officers wearing body armor, helmets and face shields methodically pulled apart the barricade as protesters tried to hold together the assemblage of plywood and metal fencing. Police launched flares that arced over the encampment, igniting with piercing blasts, and smoke filled the air from fire extinguishers that demonstrators sprayed at police. At least one officer is seen on video shooting rubber bullets into the crowd.
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