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Police State Dismantle UCI Encampment
ARRESTED PEOPLE MAKE A STATEMENT
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
At 4PM, I noticed a video about Pro-Palestine protest at UC Irvine. There appears to be lots of police standing there, and it is noted that protesters have taken over a building. As I was walking outside toward a UCI meetup, I heard loud buzzing sounds of police or military helicopters swarming in circles in the sky above. They looked like noisy buzzards floating over the UCI campus. It is interesting to note that buzzards tend to symbolize death and destruction. As I crossed the pedestrian bridge to the UCI campus, I noticed a Telemundo channel 4 NBC car. Since I had thirty minutes until the meetup, I decided to walk to the protest. There was a crowd of people watching, as the protesters continued to chant. The encampment was destroyed by the police. It looked like a hurricane went through it. Students inside the encampment were giving away water bottles and food. I decided to do a video of the area and the chanting. Some students locked elbows in a human chain around the encampment. I noticed more tents were set up near the Physical Science building, and the encampment had grown even larger than yesterday’s encampment. The UCI campus is very quiet and peaceful. Someone from the Zionist side must have started something or they might have complained about the larger encampment…
