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2024 University of California, Irvine pro-Palestinian campus occupation

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2024 University of California, Irvine pro-Palestinian campus occupation
Part of List of pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in California in 2024
DateMay 15, 2024-present
Location
University of California, Irvine

On May 15, 2024, a crackdown on a pro-Palestine encampment at University of California, Irvine resulted in an occupation of the UC Irvine Science Building by the protesters.[1] UCI police put out a mutual aid call and received a response from at least 16 law enforcement agencies from around Orange County.[2] Hundreds of officers responded and forty-seven protesters, including students, UCI employees and others were arrested. Student participants were suspended for up to 14 days.[3][4][5][6]

On May 22, students affiliated with UCI Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine organized a walkout to protest the suspension.[3][7]

On July 30, five UC Irvine students sued the UC Regents and Chancellor for suspending them without due process.[8][9]

On September 18, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer filed misdemeanor charges against ten protesters, which included four students and two faculty members: Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, an associate professor of global and international studies, and a lecturer in the school of humanities. [10] A month later, Spitzer filed misdemeanor charges against 39 additional protestors.[11]

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  1. ^ Faheid, Dalia; Romine, Taylor (2024-05-16). "Law enforcement detains at least a dozen protesters at University of California, Irvine as they clear encampment". CNN. Retrieved 2024-05-16.
  2. ^ González, David; Rand, Jory (2024-05-15). "Several protesters arrested at UC Irvine as authorities clear pro-Palestinian encampment". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  3. ^ a b González, David (2024-05-23). "UC Irvine protesters stage walkout over student suspensions". ABC7 Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  4. ^ Wolfe, Jonathan (2024-05-16). "Protesters Clash With Police as U.C. Irvine Encampment Is Cleared". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  5. ^ Fry, Hannah; Vives, Ruben; Winton, Richard; Toohey, Grace; Orellana Hernandez, Angie; Ahn, Ashley; Terry, Castleman (2024-05-15). "Police arrest 47 at UC Irvine after sweeping protest camp, clearing barricaded building". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  6. ^ Sarnoff, Leah (2024-05-16). "47 people arrested at UC Irvine after police, sheriff called in over protest". ABC News. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
  7. ^ Bahnsen, Annika; Kang, Hanna (2024-05-22). "UCI Divest group says students suspended, calls for walkout after encampment protest". msn.com. Orange County Register.
  8. ^ Lacy, Akela (2024-08-16). "Student Protesters Were Suspended With No Chance to Defend Themselves. Will Courts Return Them to Campus?". The Intercept. Archived from the original on 2024-08-16. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  9. ^ Horwitz, Jonathan (2024-08-19). "UCI students suspended after pro-Palestine protests sue UCI chancellor, UC regents". Orange County Register. Archived from the original on 2024-08-20. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  10. ^ Fry, Hannah (September 18, 2024). "Two UC Irvine professors and four students among those charged in spring protest on campus". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2024-09-19.
  11. ^ Conybeare, Will (October 16, 2024). "39 additional protesters charged after May UC Irvine protest deemed unlawful assembly". KTLA.
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