There was a really different sort of escalation at UCLA last night. Instead of police vs. protesters, this was two angry groups skirmishing with one another on the campus for several hours before police finally arrived. There’s a backstory here which explains why things escalated. It started with word circulating on campus that members of the pro-Palestinian protest group had taken a Jewish student hostage. This video reportedly shows the moment a Jewish student tried to escape the camp and was prevented from leaving.
I believe this is one of the first videos of the incident.
In this video you can see he’s trying to escape a protestor blockade preventing access. He is running from them and they chase him down and surround him. Like they’re on a hunt. I don’t know what’s happening now….… https://t.co/aB7wEIcCuD pic.twitter.com/t5yCXVp0J9
— Stephanie🕊 (@stephsvox) May…
