'We have laws': Premier Smith says police action justified in Calgary
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The actions, including the decision to use non-lethal force, to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Calgary campus were justified, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday.
The actions, including the decision to use non-lethal force, to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Calgary campus were justified, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said Friday.
"The university have made it very clear that you can't trespass and they can't camp, so I think people should follow the law," Smith told the media during a media announcement in Calgary.
Officials say a number of people, who were part of a pro-Palestinian protest on Thursday, refused to leave the campus and were arrested.
Earlier in the day, police were called to the school to deal with dozens of protesters who refused requests by campus security to leave.
"Several protesters had begun setting up tents on the south lawn of MacEwan Hall," police said in a news release.
Police attended the scene and "worked with the university" to safely resolve the situation, where they "clearly communicated" to the protesters the consequences of staying.
Despite that order, many of the protesters remained and police were then required to move in and enforce the trespass order.
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