Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University on Wednesday after protesters projected a US flag in flames on its building overnight with slogans including “Long live the student intifada”.
About 30 protesters were arrested in the hours after many had marched to the home of Ellen Granberg, the university’s president.
Local media citing community organisers reported instances of protesters being pepper-sprayed by police as they attempted to enter the encampment on Wednesday.