Emerson College notified pro-Palestinian protesters in Downtown Boston they were violating city law by occupying Boylston Place and turning it into a tent city. The college warned students police do have the right to respond.
Boston police arrested 108 pro-Palestinian protesters at the Emerson College encampment early today in a showdown over setting up tents on a public way. BPD reports four officers were injured, three “minor” and one with more serious injuries.
Emerson College informed pro-Palestine student protesters that the small tent city they created in an alley near campus is violating City of Boston ordinances.
More than 100 protesters at a pro-Palestinian encampment on Emerson College’s downtown Boston campus were arrested early Thursday after officials at the college had warned students of “imminent law enforcement action” hours earlier.
Boston Police arrested more than 100 people as they cleared out pro-Palestinian protesters and their encampment from Emerson College early Thursday morning.
Hundreds of protesters were arrested in Boston, Austin and Los Angeles on Wednesday into Thursday. Students continue setting up new encampments, including at Cornell and George Washington University.
Emerson College notified pro-Palestinian protesters in Downtown Boston they were violating city law by occupying Boylston Place and turning it into a tent city. The college warned students that police have the right to respond.
One student who was at the demonstration and left the area said he watched the incident unfold from his dorm window and said he saw officers dragging away some people who resisted arrest.
Boston police tore down a pro-Palestinian encampment on Emerson College’s campus overnight, and students who witnessed it said it was shocking. Police cars lined Boylston Street early Thursday morning,
YOU CAN SEE WHAT WAS THE ENCAMPMENT HERE AT THE ALLEY IS NOW COMPLETELY GONE. YOU CAN SEE IT’S BLOCKED OFF A CRIME SCENE TAPE, BUT THERE’S STILL SOME STUDENTS HERE ON SCENE. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS,