University of Texas (UT) at Austin, demonstrators arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on Wednesday will not be charged, Travis County Attorney Delia Garza’s office confirmed Thursday.
About 54 people were being held at the Travis County Jail in relation to the protest Wednesday night, an attorney with the Austin Lawyers Guild said.
One hundred or more protesters gathered on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday to participate in an unruly anti-Israel demonstration. The rowdy protests invited hundreds of onlookers, some of whom joined in on the anti-Israel chants on the school's South Lawn. UT Austin is one of many American universities where anti-Israel protests have intensified over recent days, as the Israeli military's war against Hamas continues in the Middle East. The Austin Police Department...
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Florida, where a six-week abortion ban took effect on Wednesday. Delivering her remarks in Jacksonville, Harris blamed former President Donald Trump for the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and said the state’s new, more restrictive law is “the new reality under a Trump abortion ban.”
Students continue to protest at campuses across the country, despite the risk of arrest. Some schools now threaten demonstrators with disciplinary action, while others promise the opposite.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Students and community members have marched into the University of New Mexico Student Union Building setting up tents on the second floor. This is the latest in a multi-day protest held on campus calling for UNM to call for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. KRQE News 13's crew on site []
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Several arrests were reported on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin after police ordered a group of pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse.
Authorities told students they could face criminal trespass charges if they didn’t disperse. The arrests come amid
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Law enforcement officers on Wednesday handcuffed and removed at least 10 people participating in a student protest on the University of Texas at Austin campus in support of Palestine amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Near the start of Monday's protest, UT Police issued two orders to disperse, accusing protesters of disorderly conduct and trespassing, and threatening arrest.
On Sunday, the province announced new measures for schools, which also