Photos: Protesters clash with police at UW-Madison protest
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Early Wednesday, scores of law enforcement officers moved in to remove an unsanctioned encampment that had been set up as part of a days-long protest against the war in Gaza. After issuing a 15-minute warning, police began removing tents. More than a dozen protesters were arrested after police said they tried to block the operation or interfered with police.
Police began Wednesday morning removing an illegal encampment from Library Mall at UW-Madison. The encampment was established on Monday by supporters of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Tents and other personal items are removed from Library Mall by police Wednesday.
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Police moved in shortly after 7 a.m. Wednesday and began removing tents and other personal items established by protesters on Monday at Library Mall.
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Police with shields but not dressed in full riot gear, form a barrier between protesters on Library Mall and police removing the encampment.
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Officers clash with Gaza war protesters while trying to remove an unsanctioned encampment on Library Mall early Wednesday at the campus of UW-Madison. Police announced 34 arrests and said four officers were injured.
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Police detain a demonstrator Wednesday. UW Police spokesperson Marc Lovicott said the arrests were prompted by protesters pushing back against officers attempting to take down tents.
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Law enforcement personnel clash with demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza as they work to remove a non-sanctioned encampment on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Madison Police Department personnel carry a demonstrator protesting the war in Gaza as they work to remove a non-sanctioned encampment on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Protesters against the war in Gaza confront law enforcement personnel during demonstrations on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Protesters against the war in Gaza retreat from law enforcement personnel during demonstrations on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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UW-Madison professors Lara Gerassi, left, and Margaret Kerr react to the news of a friend being arrested.
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Demonstrators against the war in Gaza clash with law enforcement personnel during demonstrations on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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A phone number for legal assistance in the event of an arrest is written on the arm of a protester demonstrating against the war in Gaza on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Law enforcement personnel clash with demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza as they work to remove a non-sanctioned encampment on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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A demonstrator against the war in Gaza watches the dismantling of a tent encampment by law enforcement personnel on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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After police cleared one section of the mall, protesters gathered around the few remaining tents.
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Protesters demonstrating against the war in Gaza circle a tent as law enforcement personnel prepare to remove an encampment on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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UW Police remove tents from an unsanctioned encampment of Gaza war protesters. About 30 tents had been set up before they were removed Wednesday.
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Protesters against the war in Gaza confront law enforcement personnel during demonstrations on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Protesters against the war in Gaza confront law enforcement personnel during demonstrations on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Protesters against the war in Gaza confront law enforcement personnel during demonstrations on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. 1, 2024. JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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Protesters against the war in Gaza confront law enforcement personnel during demonstrations Wednesday at UW-Madison. Madison City Council members are forwarding a resolution asking UW-Madison Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin to authorize the protest encampment on campus.
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators listen to a speaker on the third day of the encampment at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrator holds a sign saying “My ancestors said never again” on the third day of the encampment at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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A musician performs as Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest on the third day of the encampment at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators hang a “Community Guidelines” sign on Memorial Library on the third day of the encampment at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators form a wall around a group praying on the third day of the encampment at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators continue their encampment on the third day at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest the Israel-Hamas war for the third day at an encampment at Library Mall on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison in Madison, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. SAMANTHA MADAR,STATE JOURNAL
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Students will leave Library Mall and not disrupt Commencement, university says.
A proposed resolution also requests changes to keep police from interfering with lawful exercise of free speech and to communicate with protesters and affected elected officials.
Two days after it went up, a pro-Palestinian encampment on Library Mall was largely dismantled by police early Wednesday, with 34 people arrested and some protesters and police officers injured in the noisy fracas that followed.
Protest leaders walked out of a meeting with UW-Madison officials Wednesday morning, according to a statement from the university.
After two weeks, and just ahead of commencement, protesters agreed to remove an encampment on Library Mall in exchange for commitments from th…
Tensions rose Wednesday morning at what had been a peaceful protest at UW-Madison as police removed the encampment from Library Mall.
