Police officers began dismantling barricades surrounding pro-Palestinian protesters’ encampments at UCLA early on Thursday morning following a tense overnight standoff that started after police ordered the demonstrators to evacuate the encampment deemed unlawful by the university.
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The effort to dismantle the barricades came after protestors were threatened with arrests for several hours over loudspeakers, according to the Associated Press.
As the officers moved to dismantle the encampments, the protestors were reportedly heard urging each other to “hold the line.”
After breaching the encampment’s barricades police reportedly began launching flares and arresting protestors, the Los Angeles Times reported.
This is a developing story.