Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said she was arrested Saturday while protesting the Israel-Hamas war on the Washington University campus in St. Louis.
More than 80 people were arrested on Saturday after “refusing to leave after being asked multiple times.” according to a statement from Washington University in St.
“All will face trespassing charges and some may also be charged with resisting arrest and assault, including for injury to police officers,” the school statement said.
Stein’s campaign account posted a video of the candidate being escorted off campus by two police officers, with her hands apparently tied behind her back. Your campaign said she was arrested along with his campaign manager, Jason Call, and deputy campaign manager, Kelly Merrill-Cayer.
Stein and the other protesters were released around 2 a.m. from the St. Louis County Jail, according to his campaign account.
The St. Louis County Jail referred The Hill to the university for further confirmation.
The protest comes amid a wave of similar anti-Israel protests on college campuses that have forced administrators to instruct police to make arrests.
The university’s statement said “a large group of individuals” arrived on campus Saturday “with the intent of causing a significant disruption to the university.” After the group began “setting up a camp, in violation of university policy, we made the decision to notify everyone present that they needed to leave.”
“We are firmly committed to free speech and allow ample opportunities for voices to be heard on our campus. However, we expect everyone to respect our policies and we will take swift action to enforce them to their fullest extent,” the university statement said.
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