| 2024 Portland State University pro-Palestinian campus occupation | |
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| Part of 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses | |
| Date | April 25, 2024 – present (25 days) |
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| Casualties | |
| Arrested | 32 [1] |
In 2024, students occupied the Branford Price Millar Library on the Portland State University campus, in Portland, Oregon. [2] [3] [4] [5] One man was detained after he drove towards protesters in a car and pepper sprayed several of them. [6]
The library will be closed for repairs until the Fall of 2024. [7]
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On April 24, 2024, an occupation protest began at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles, California. The protest was a part of pro-Palestine protests on university campuses campaigning for divestment from Israel. USC cancelled their main commencement ceremony over safety concerns about protests. The encampment was cleared by the Los Angeles Police Department on the morning of May 5.
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