Gov. Greg Abbott: ‘ No camps may be allowed. Otherwise, arrests are being made.’
Police officers stormed the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, making it once more a big anti-Israel hotline, detaining protesters who refused to leave a makeshift camp on the rear.
According to videos and photos obtained by The College Fix, UT-Austin students received a word stating “UTPD Notice of Dispersal Order” for those taking part in the South Mall event shortly after.
According to The Texas Tribune, the arrests” started when a group of a few hundred protesters set up an encampment in an undisturbed area on the South Mall, which they have been occupying intermittently since a pro-Palestinian rally foremost broke out last Wednesday.”
No formal matter was available as of yet, but many local journalists on the image posted on social media that they saw police jail dozens of demonstrators on Monday afternoon.
EMTs were called in to assist with heat-related issues throughout the day along with chants of “free completely Palestine,” and the roar of sirens frequently echoed across campus.
” No camps may be allowed. Rather, arrests are being made”, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott posted a picture of officers in riot gear moving across the rear on X, along with a photo of Greg Abbott.
No outposts may become allowed.
Otherwise, arrests are being made. https ://t.co/GlmMXxAuqY
— Greg Abbott ( @GregAbbott_TX ) April 29, 2024
Around 4 p.m., an Austin- National Statesman blogger posted on X,” The last few protestors are being arrested at @UTAustin.”
NEW: The last few protest are being arrested at @UTAustin. @statesman photograph. twitter.com/wAxXHzifay
— Lily Kepner ( @lilykepner ) April 29, 2024
According to one student who asked not to be identified, the sound of what appeared to be two flash bangs reverberated across campus at 4:30 p.m., causing some students to despair and work. She said she did not know who set off the products, whether it was officers or activists.
She claimed to be having trouble making it to her vehicle during the day due to the violent demonstrations and police activity that caused the school to become” chaos.” Despite her claims, she attended class on Monday.
” I’m simply afraid for my safety”, she told The College Fix.
She claimed a faculty member informed her on Monday that officials had previously disclosed that about 50 % of those detained during last week’s campus demonstrations were not enrolled kids and that a large proportion of the most violent protesters were allegedly “paid community actors.”
By 4: 45 p. m. Texas day Monday, the student said the main rear suddenly appeared” cleared out”.
The native DA had dropped all criminal charges against those detained last week at UT-Austin. Those responsible for that presentation reportedly faced no criminal charges.
” The Travis County prosecutor’s office said the 57 prosecutions, which were all legal intruding costs, lacked possible trigger”, the Austin American Statesman reported.
When that happened, “law protection drove protestors off the lawn, forming a boundary behind a chain-link barrier, and pushing them onto the walkways.” Students were finally herded further by a parade of mounted state soldiers and officials on foot using body shields and their horses, which occasionally came within a eating line of protesters. Fans climbed onto trees, person’s arms and staircases to see the commotion”, the Texas Tribune reported at the time.
According to a letter to President Jay Hartzell, “165 faculty members condemned the University’s use of a “heavy authorities action” at Wednesday’s pro-Palestine opposition and the UT rules that “interfere” with the “rights of free speech and assembly,” according to the Texas Daily student paper.
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