Police with shields but not dressed in full riot gear, form a barrier between protesters on Library Mall and police removing the encampment.
ANNA HANSEN, STATE JOURNAL
Tents and other personal items are removed from Library Mall by police Wednesday.
ANNA HANSEN, STATE JOURNAL
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.
ANNA HANSEN, STATE JOURNAL
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.
ANNA HANSEN, STATE JOURNAL
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
SADIE FRANKEL, STATE JOURNAL
SADIE FRANKEL, STATE JOURNAL
After having most of their tents taken down and removed, protesters worked later Wednesday morning to put more tents up on Library Mall.
ANNA HANSEN, STATE JOURNAL
Protesters began erecting more tents Wednesday after police had removed of their encampment on Wednesday. By 11 a.m. nine tents had been put up.
Early Wednesday morning, police warned UW-Madison students at a pro-Palestinian protest to take down the encampment set up Monday morning. About 20 minutes later, officers moved in and clashed with protesters. There have been at least a dozen arrests and several minor injuries.
I’ve been released & am at the hospital to be checked out for injuries. A cop grabbed my dress & ripped it half off my body, injuring my arm. Another put his hands around my throat from behind to get me on the ground.
Hundreds of protesters linked arms and chanted as police began taking down the Students for Justice in Palestine encampment on UW-Madison’s Library Mall Wednesday morning.
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.
