A protest at Emory University has descended into chaos as Georgia police officers took several people into custody.
Video captured multiple students being approached by officers as they ‘sprayed tear gas’ and fired rubber bullets at them.
Other clips showed cops pin protestors to the ground as they restrained their hands behind their backs.
One female protestor was seen being carried away by multiple officers as she screamed and sang.
Students occupied the lawn at the school’s quad and set up a Gaza solidarity encampment.
Protestors said that they were ‘demanding total institutional divestment from Israeli apartheid and Cop City at all Atlanta colleges and universities,’ according to Fox 5.
Two officers are seen restraining a student at Emory University on Thursday morning
One female protest is seen being carried out by multiple officers as she screamed and sang
Video captured multiple students being approached by officers as they ‘sprayed tear gas’ and fired rubber bullets at them
It is unclear how many protestors were arrested and if they were charged.
Another video showed multiple students handcuffed with zip ties as they sat next to a police transport vehicle on campus.
This is the latest university protest that have taken over the US in recent days in response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Over the past week, schools like Columbia University, Harvard, NYU, and the University of Texas, USC, UC Berkeley and Brown.
As people were apprehended by police, other protestors were heard chanting ‘Let them go! Let them go!’
This is the latest university protest that have taken over the US in recent days in response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas
Armed officers lined up in front of the cheering crowd and tried to get them to move.
‘This was a non-violent movement, you guys interrupted us,’ a protestor said to the cops.
A white and black banner was seen hanging from a tent that said: ‘DEFEND THE FOREST STOP COP CITY.’
Along the bottom of the banner it said: ‘END POLICE MILITARIZATION.’
One of the arrested students was arrested was heard asking someone if they can try and find her phone while a male protester next to her managed to raise a sign that read ‘Victory to the Palestine resistance.’
In a statement, Gregory L. Fenves, the president of the university said: Early this morning, several dozen protesters entered our Atlanta campus and set up an encampment on the Quad.’
‘These individuals are largely not affiliated with Emory and were disrupting the university as our students finish classes and prepare for finals. This is completely unacceptable.’
A protestor wearing a keffiyeh is seen pinned to the ground as officers put zip ties on his wrist
Another female protestor is seen shouting as two Georgia State Patrol officers hold her arms. One of the officers (left) is seen holding a bundle of white zip ties
Patrick Quinn, a reporter at ATL News First said that he counted ‘at least 15 people arrested’, including students, Emory University professors and non-students.
One Emory PHD student who witnessed the protest escalate told Quinn: ‘It makes me feel sad, but not just for Emory University, but for the state of America,’
‘What the he** is this? It’s freedom of speech,’ the student added.
Another female protestor is seen shouting as two Georgia State Patrol officers held her arms. One of the officers held a bundle of white zip ties.
On Wednesday, hundreds of troopers marched onto the University of Texas at Austin before scuffling with pro-Palestine protesters.
Police arrested at least four activists – who burst out in tears when they were handcuffed – after warning them they could face criminal charges if they did not disperse.
The rally at the Austin campus was organized by the university’s Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSJ) chapter and quickly descended into anarchy.
The group said it was inspired by their ‘comrades’ at Yale and Columbia University, where in-person classes have been canceled due to the unrest sparked by ‘encampments for Gaza.’
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