War Against Free Speech Escalated Toward UCLA Protesters 4/30 / 5/1
The folowing report is from tweets of the UCLA SLP twitter account regarding an incident sometime late 4/30 or early 5/1:
As of a few minutes ago, police charged into our group of protesters with batons raised, rubber bullets guns, and motorcycles that nearly HIT students. We were gathering to honor Palestine, and to remember the violence that occurred on our very campus one year ago today by screening the Encampments film. Yet we continue to be attacked by UCPD who follow us from location to location with ruthless violence. We are currently gathered at the corner of Westwood and Le Conte to continue Jail support for our comrade who were arrested. We are here, steadfast, to show that we will not back down against this repressive facist regime. Long live Gaza, free Palestine.
The UCLA SLP twitter report of this occurrence was commented upon by the pro-Israel fascist Betar group which threatened violence and stated that they will not permit pro-Palestine protest – with a picture of someone holding a bat or club. There are dozens of other comments from pro-Israel fascists with false smears and outright calls for and threats of violence.
UCLA was the site of fierce repression aided by police in spring of 2024 – some of it reported here at FightBackBetter.
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