Law enforcement moved in Thursday morning to break up a weeklong pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles.

  • Police face-off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, early on May 2, 2024.
  • Police officers arrived as a dispersal order was given to a large encampment of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered on the UCLA campus on May 1, 2024. (KTLA)
  • Police officers arrived as a dispersal order was given to a large encampment of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered on the UCLA campus on May 1, 2024. (KTLA)
  • Police officers arrived as a dispersal order was given to a large encampment of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered on the UCLA campus on May 1, 2024. (KTLA)
  • UCLA Protest Encampment Cleared
  • UCLA Protest Encampment Cleared
  • UCLA Protest Encampment Cleared
  • UCLA Protest Encampment Cleared

Hundreds of officers from multiple agencies including the Los Angeles Police Department and California Highway Patrol were seen taking down wood and metal barriers around the encampment and then moving into the area of Dickson Plaza.

The demonstrators were being given multiple opportunities to leave the area but many were refused and were being detained by officers.