Nearly two weeks ago, the LAPD were invited onto campus to clear away a student protest camp that had sprouted overnight. As I pointed out at the time, the crowd at USC was fairly rowdy and made it difficult for LAPD to remove the tents.
“Is this your legacy?” Students ask DPS officers at @USC pic.twitter.com/NItQ58R13T
— angie (@angorellanah) April 24, 2024
When police decided to arrest one person, they mob surrounded the police car he was put in and refused to let the officers leave. Eventually they had to release the arrested person for their own safety. That was one incident but overall, police arrested 93 people during that sweep and the tents were cleared from the campus.
But the leaders of the protest camp weren’t done. Just over a week ago they reestablished the tent camp. USC’s president put out a statement letting them know that consequences were coming.
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