Demonstrators descend on U of A after pro-Palestinian encampment cleared by police early Saturday morning
CTV
Several hours after after police forcefully removed a camp of pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the University of Alberta, hundreds of protesters marched from downtown toward the campus.
Several hours after after police forcefully removed a camp of pro-Palestinian demonstrators from the University of Alberta, hundreds of protesters marched from downtown toward the campus.
The camp began forming on the north campus at the university on Thursday, with students and demonstrators joining a global movement condemning the war in Gaza and demanding the school divest from Israel.
In an early morning press release, police said the camp was dismantled after "repeated notice to encampment participants by the university that their activities violate university policy."
After a final notice was given to protesters by the U of A at 4:35 a.m. Saturday, police arrived. Anyone remaining after a last warning, police said, was "escorted from university property."
Three people were arrested. Charges laid include assaulting a peace officer, trespassing and obstruction.
Police said no one was injured and none of the three people arrested were students at the university.
However, pictures and video of the clearing posted to social media shows police striking several demonstrators with batons, and organizers said one person was hospitalized.
