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  • Timeline: UCLA's night of violence before police moved in

    UCLA was rocked by violence when a group of counterprotesters arrived on campus Tuesday night and clashed for hours with students who had set up a pro-Palestinian encampment. It took hours for police to push away the counterprotesters and bring calm to the campus, raising sharp questions about whether the campus was prepared for the unrest. During that time, there was a series of attacks on the camp and fights as the pro-Palestinian group tried to defend their space. Here's a timeline of what we...

  • UCLA cancels classes after night of violence between opposing protestors

    (The Center Square) - UCLA canceled Wednesday classes after a night of violence between opposing protestors over the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Fights between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protestors went on for hours before police arrived, and stood by until eventually separating the two skirmishing groups. “For over four hours, two opposing groups were allowed to pummel each other with no law enforcement present despite dozens of people beaten,...

  • Inside UCLA's pro-Palestinian encampment on a long night of violence

    The noise — unsettling and dissonant — has been a constant inside the barricaded pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA. Soon after protesters, most of them students at the Westwood campus, pitched tents on Dickson Court on April 25, pro-Israel counterdemonstrators showed up with megaphones. Some shouted racist, homophobic and anti-Islamic slurs, according to campers interviewed. They set up a giant video screen near the camp that played and replayed videos of Hamas militants. They broadcast a...