Police began dismantling a pro-Palestinian camp set up on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus early in the morning, following a similar series of events at colleges across the country.
Organizers said only about 10 people were inside the camp, but a group of protesters were shouting outside, the Associated Press reported.
According to the student article, The technologya 15-minute warning was given to protesters to vacate the premises at 4:03 am and the first arrest was made at 4:29 am
Officers, some dressed in riot gear, began dismantling the camp. By 7 a.m., only a “small contingent of police remains on standby” on campus.
The operation comes several days after police first attempted to clear the MIT camp, but protesters overcame the barriers and set up the area again.
Several MIT students have been previously arrested and several have been suspended, meaning they can no longer participate in school or graduation organizations at the end of the month.
“This will only make us stronger. They can’t stop the movement,” said Quinn Perian, an MIT graduate student and organizer of MIT’s Jews for Ceasefire program. “We will continue and will not back down until MIT agrees to cut ties with the Israeli military.”
The development reflects what is happening at colleges across the country. Pro-Palestinian protesters have set up camps on more than 400 campuses, calling on their universities to divest from Israeli companies or companies that supply weapons to Israel.
More than 2,000 arrests have been made so far as police and protesters have clashed on some campuses.
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