Pro-Palestinian students reportedly occupied an administration building for several hours on Wednesday evening, trapping staff inside and trashing the premises before leaving after midnight. There were apparently no arrests.
A pro-Palestinian protester runs inside the California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) in Los Angeles on June 13, 2024. Pro-Palestinian protesters barricaded the building where the administration of Cal State Los Angeles is located, prompting CSULA to issue shelter-in-place order for employees still inside the building among which allegedly CSULA campus president Berenecea Eanes. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)
Local ABC affiliate KABC-7 reported:
Pro-Palestinian protesters have barricaded a building at Cal State Los Angeles, where the president of the campus is apparently stuck sheltering in place in her office, Eyewitness News has learned.
Protesters had already set up encampments on another section of campus more than a month ago. But on Wednesday a group broke off and started piling up furniture, overturned golf carts and tables to create barriers in front of the Student Services Building and surrounding plaza.
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There did not appear to be many campus police, or any officers from outside agencies, in the area. LAPD told Eyewitness News they have not been asked to get involved.
Video on social media showed the activists vandalizing the building and removing equipment from the premises:
Iām reporting live at the Cal State LA campus where pro Palestine encampment students have barricaded themselves inside the student services building. pic.twitter.com/vMswR8wZO2
ā Victoria Ivie (@vwritesap) June 13, 2024
Unbelievable scene right now @CalStateLA. Vandals now looting the student services building where a parade of large furniture, office electronics, and equipment are walking out of the building. pic.twitter.com/IcEEWwSZCo
ā Chris Cristi (@abc7chriscristi) June 13, 2024
Cal State LA Palestine protesters left after midnight, after trashing Student Services building to Free Palestine
ā Brendan (@BrendanMcInnis) June 13, 2024
Unclear if any arrests made
Hopefully the University President and staff who were reported kidnapped / hostage earlier went home, too š¤·āāļøpic.twitter.com/molIESZoAK
The university president who was stranded in her office, Berenecea Johnson Eanes, is the first woman, and first black woman, to serve in that role.
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