The encampment was one of many student-organized protests that began at Columbia University and spread to over two dozen states and several countries.

President Biden urged protesters to uphold the rule of law while exercising their freedom of speech, as over 1,000 arrests have been made nationwide over the past two weeks.

A university leader spoke out against violent protests, distinguishing between peaceful and violent actions.

Protesters have called for academic institutions and companies to financially boycott Israel during its conflict with Hamas.

However, Jewish students have reported feeling unsafe due to antisemitic incidents and disruptions, leading to pressure on university leaders to intervene.

Tensions boiled over at UCLA when a pro-Israeli group attacked protesters, with some criticizing the police response.

On Wednesday, law enforcement regained control of a pro-Palestinian gathering at a school, declaring it an "unlawful assembly." The following morning, officers in riot gear ordered protesters to leave, using flash bangs, flares, and threats of injury to disperse the crowd.

Despite being outnumbered and outgunned, some demonstrators refused to leave, using plywood barriers and umbrellas as makeshift shields.

Protesters on a college campus cried out for law enforcement to leave and urged peaceful resistance.

Allegations of rubber bullets and other "less than lethal" weapons being used by officers to disperse crowds are unverified by the BBC.

Protesters were detained with zip ties and bused off campus.

The campus will have limited operations with all classes moving to remote instruction.

The protest movement continues at other universities, with some institutions considering student proposals for divestment.

Protests against the war in Gaza are ongoing at various universities across the US, including Yale, Dartmouth, Stony Brook University, University of Wisconsin, and University of Texas at Dallas.

Arrests have been made at these institutions in the past 24 hours.