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Police Pepper Spray Gaza Protestors Resisting Arrest at University of Austin

© AP Photo / Jose Luis MaganaGeorge Washington University students protest on the street after police close the student plaza during a pro-Palestinian protest against US military support for Israel's operation in Gaza on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Washington
George Washington University students protest on the street after police close the student plaza during a pro-Palestinian protest against US military support for Israel's operation in Gaza on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Washington - Sputnik International, 1920, 30.04.2024
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AUSTIN, (Sputnik), Lenka White - Law enforcement officers used pepper spray against pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Austin in Texas, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
They are very aggressive,” one Texan officer of the Department of Public Safety told Sputnik.
A Sputnik correspondent had water splashed on her by a protestor, while another protestor knocked her phone out of her hands before stepping on it.
Police have been arresting the protestors who built illegal encampments on the university’s campus during the third day of pro-Palestine protests.
Flowers rest at the memorial site for William Schroeder Monday, May 4, 2020, in Kent, Ohio. The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. Not all of those hurt or killed were involved in the demonstration, which opposed the U.S. bombing of neutral Cambodia during the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.04.2024
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Threats Against Campus Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Echo Deadly Violence of Kent State
Numerous pro-Palestine demonstrations have emerged on US college campuses in recent days against the United States military, and financial and diplomatic support for Israel's operation in Gaza, which has resulted in the death of more than 34,000 Palestinians and the wounding of over 77,000 Palestinians.
Students are calling for their universities to condemn Israel’s US-backed military campaign in Gaza, to divest from companies linked to Israel and to discontinue study abroad programs at Israeli universities, among other demands.
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