electoral delhi firs northwest final cryptocurrencies day1 tested check justices merchant valid hearingday6 introduced high typically rohatgi way affidavit relevant senior information witnesses england litecoin midlands opt filed bench distribution

Search results for counterprotesters

Two major reports slam UCLA over policing, violence at pro-Palestinian protest
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Two major reports slam UCLA over policing, violence at pro-Palestinian protest

LA Times  

Two high-profile, back-to-back reports slam UCLA for a confusing breakdown in its police response leading to violence at a pro-Palestinian encampment in April, with one investigation also calling out the university’s “dramatic failures in confronting antisemitism.” A draft report to the Los Angeles Police Commission released Friday cited a lack of coordination between UCLA, the LAPD and the California Highway …

University Campus California Protest Israel Report Los Angeles
Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital
3 months ago

Rival protesters clash in Bolivia as ex-President Evo Morales leads a march to the capital

Associated Press  

EL ALTO, Bolivia — Bolivia’s pro-government supporters and security forces confronted protesters loyal to former president Evo Morales in a street melee Sunday, the second such violent escalation this week as fears grew of further unrest in the Andean nation. Seeking to portray the march as a reflection of Bolivia’s Indigenous highland culture as much as a political exercise, Morales …

President Bolivia Supporters Protesters Morales El Alto Mas
L.A. Council drops plan for security grants at synagogues, mosques, religious spaces
4 months, 3 weeks ago

L.A. Council drops plan for security grants at synagogues, mosques, religious spaces

LA Times  

Los Angeles City Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky, pictured at City Hall in 2023, has withdrawn a proposal to provide up to $2 million in security grants for religious institutions. “My office and Councilmember Blumenfield’s office are also consulting with the city attorney’s office on how we can institute buffer zones around the entrances to religious institutions and other sensitive sites like …

Security Religious Proposal City Religious Institutions Jewish Council
What really happened when protesters, counterprotesters and police converged at an L.A. synagogue
5 months, 3 weeks ago

What really happened when protesters, counterprotesters and police converged at an L.A. synagogue

LA Times  

Four days after a violent protest outside a Los Angeles synagogue sparked national condemnation, more perspectives have emerged about the events that unfolded, including criticism from both pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel supporters about police tactics used during the demonstration. “It was very apparent that our police weren’t there to protect us and that any acts of violence that occurred in front …

Violence Jewish California Protest Palestinian Israel Los Angeles
President Joe Biden 'appalled' by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue
5 months, 4 weeks ago

President Joe Biden 'appalled' by violence during pro-Palestinian protest at Los Angeles synagogue

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Opponents of the Israel-Hamas war …

Jewish Israel Los Angeles Hamas Biden
Dozens arrested in new pro-Palestinian protests at University of California, Los Angeles
6 months, 1 week ago

Dozens arrested in new pro-Palestinian protests at University of California, Los Angeles

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Police thwarted attempts by pro-Palestinian demonstrators to set up a new encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, where officers cleared a previous camp this spring after it was attacked by counterprotesters. Officers arrested 27 people late Monday during the demonstration, Rick Braziel, UCLA associate vice chancellor for campus safety, said in a statement. The group …

University Los Angeles Ucla Braziel Campus Safety University Of California Dozens Arrested
Man who police say was recorded attacking pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA is arrested on suspicion of felony assault
7 months ago

Man who police say was recorded attacking pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA is arrested on suspicion of felony assault

CNN  

CNN — An 18-year-old man who police say was recorded attacking a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles last month was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, records show. “UCLA Police Department detectives conducted an investigation that included interviewing victims, speaking with witnesses, and reviewing security camera footage and publicly available videos from …

Cnn Department Ucla Beverly Hills Ucla Police
Fraternity counterprotesters on campus.
7 months, 1 week ago

Fraternity counterprotesters on campus.

Slate  

The most memorable images from last week’s campus protests at the University of Mississippi will come not from the pro-Palestine activists who held a 30-person rally in a barricaded area, but from the much larger opposition they met: jeering white students, bedecked in patriotic clothing, overwhelming in numbers, mocking the protesters for their physical appearance, cheering for Donald Trump, clearly …

Students Political Black Trump Jewish Young Campus
A staggering two weeks at UCLA: Protest, violence, division mark ‘dark chapter’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

A staggering two weeks at UCLA: Protest, violence, division mark ‘dark chapter’

LA Times  

UCLA has been roiled by a series of events in the last two weeks surrounding a pro-Palestinian camp formed at the heart of campus. Week of April 21 As protests over Israel’s actions in Gaza upended universities across the nation and pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment at UCLA, campus leadership repeatedly directed UCLA Police Chief John Thomas to create …

Security Law Enforcement Violence Campus California Officers Camp
Occidental to vote on divesting from Israeli-linked companies under pact with protesters
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Occidental to vote on divesting from Israeli-linked companies under pact with protesters

LA Times  

Occidental College’s Board of Trustees has agreed to hold a vote on pro-Palestinian protesters’ calls to divest from companies with ties to Israel, bringing the encampment on the Los Angeles campus to an end after nine days. Leaders of Occidental’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter agreed the encampment would be taken down by Friday, the group would not return …

Israel Israeli Encampment Occidental
UCLA taps LAPD, district attorney, FBI in investigation of attack on pro-Palestinian camp
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UCLA taps LAPD, district attorney, FBI in investigation of attack on pro-Palestinian camp

LA Times  

The attack on protesters that began Tuesday night continued for hours before police intervened. Chancellor Gene Block said university police would work with the LAPD and the county district attorney to identify and prosecute “to the fullest extent of the law” those who attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment. Rick Braziel, UCLA’s newly appointed associate vice chancellor and chief safety officer, will …

Violence Attack Fbi Ucla Camp Block
UCLA faculty protest at Hammer Museum gala, decrying treatment of pro-Palestinian students
7 months, 2 weeks ago

UCLA faculty protest at Hammer Museum gala, decrying treatment of pro-Palestinian students

LA Times  

UCLA faculty gather outside the Hammer Museum’s annual fundraising gala to call for Chancellor Gene Block’s resignation and for amnesty for student protesters arrested in connection with the pro-Palestinian encampment on campus this week. About 20 UCLA faculty members protested Saturday night outside the UCLA Hammer Museum’s celebrity-heavy gala, calling for amnesty to be granted to pro-Palestinian students arrested on …

Students Protest Ucla Foster Hammer Gala Block
Ali: Mocking Gaza protesters as ‘gluten-free warriors’ was fun — until a mob at UCLA attacked them
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ali: Mocking Gaza protesters as ‘gluten-free warriors’ was fun — until a mob at UCLA attacked them

LA Times  

Demonstrators in a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA face off against authorities who later breached and broke up the encampment on Thursday. Bill Maher on his HBO talk show this week said that pro-Palestinian student protests on college campuses are what happens when “activism merges with narcissism.” The Atlantic columnist David Frum referred to protesters like the UCLA students who were …

Student Campus California Israel Ucla Violent Protesters
UCLA sought extra police but canceled requests in days before protest camp was attacked
7 months, 3 weeks ago

UCLA sought extra police but canceled requests in days before protest camp was attacked

LA Times  

Five days before pro-Israeli counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, the university Police Department asked other campuses for additional police, according to the head of the UC police officers union. But the requests — which would have provided UCLA with more police officers as they dealt with the camp and a dueling area erected by pro-Israeli activists — were …

University California Protest Aid Officers Ucla Camp
Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Four UCLA student journalists attacked by pro-Israel counterprotesters on campus

LA Times  

Four student journalists who work for the UCLA Daily Bruin were attacked shortly before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday by pro-Israel counterprotesters during a campus demonstration that turned violent. “We expected to be harassed by counterprotesters,” Hamilton said in an interview Wednesday, adding that every Daily Bruin reporter was instructed to use a buddy system, to report from outside the encampment and …

Student Campus Press Israel Hamas Ucla Daily
Timeline: UCLA’s night of violence before police moved in
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Timeline: UCLA’s night of violence before police moved in

LA Times  

UCLA was rocked by violence when a group of counterprotesters arrived on campus Tuesday night and clashed for hours with students who had set up a pro-Palestinian encampment. The timestamps are our best approximations based on Times reporting, social media content and official statements: Protesters battle for a fence barricade overnight at UCLA. The paper quotes UCLA Police Chief John …

Violence Officers Camp Los Angeles Times Michael Blackshire Encampment Counterprotesters
Biden says white supremacy has no place in the U.S. in speech at church where Black people were killed
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden says white supremacy has no place in the U.S. in speech at church where Black people were killed

LA Times  

President Biden arrives Monday in Charleston, S.C., to deliver remarks at Mother Emanuel AME Church, where nine worshipers were killed by a white supremacist in 2015. Courting Black voters he needs to win reelection, President Biden on Monday denounced the “poison” of white supremacy in America, saying at the site of a deadly racist shooting at a South Carolina church …

Church Black Trump South Carolina White Biden President
2023, the year in photos: Strikes, floods, fire and war
11 months, 3 weeks ago

2023, the year in photos: Strikes, floods, fire and war

LA Times  

It’s hard to capture a year in a single word, but for 2023, the word might just be turbulent. Drug Epidemic Israel-Gaza L.A. and Beyond Losses Maui Migrants Border Monterey Park People Politics Weather Strikes Writer and producer Bill Diamond joins the Writers Guild of America picket line outside Sony Studios in Culver City. Drug Epidemic Israel-Gaza L.A. and Beyond …

War Border Texas Hollywood California Mexico Strikes
Londoners March For Gaza Cease-Fire As Cops Clash With Far-Right Counterprotesters
1 year, 1 month ago

Londoners March For Gaza Cease-Fire As Cops Clash With Far-Right Counterprotesters

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING LONDON — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched peacefully through central London on Saturday, even as right-wing counter-protesters clashed with police, after a week of angry debate over whether to permit the event on a day when Britain honored its war dead. The day unfolded in a backdrop of tensions fueled by Home Secretary Suella Braverman who earlier this week …

Home London Jewish Palestinian Gaza Israel Israeli
Hundreds of thousands join largest march in London so far against Gaza war
1 year, 1 month ago

Hundreds of thousands join largest march in London so far against Gaza war

Al Jazeera  

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had called the timing of the protest on Armistice Day ‘disrespectful’. Hundreds of thousands of people have marched in central London chanting “Stop bombing Gaza” and “Ceasefire now” in the largest Palestine solidarity demonstration held in the country so far. “It’s a message to the British government as well, who tried to have this march …

London British Palestinian Gaza Israel Cenotaph
Protests erupt outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly
1 year, 6 months ago

Protests erupt outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Police officers separated groups of …

Parents Pride Month School Los Angeles Los Angeles Elementary
Protests erupted outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly
1 year, 6 months ago

Protests erupted outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Police officers separated groups of protesters and counterprotesters Friday outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for Pride month events across California. People protesting a planned Pride assembly outside the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Saticoy Elementary School wore T-shirts emblazoned with “Leave our kids alone” — and carried signs with slogans such …

Community Parents Pride Month Assembly School Families California
The meaning behind the far-right symbol Texas shooter wore as he killed 8
1 year, 7 months ago

The meaning behind the far-right symbol Texas shooter wore as he killed 8

Associated Press  

The shooter who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall was wearing a patch that read “RWDS” — short for “Right Wing Death Squad” — a phrase that has been embraced in recent years by far-right extremists who glorify violence against their political enemies. Here is a look at the term “Right Wing Death Squad” and how it became a …

Death Squad Boys Right White Garcia Proud
Torch-carrying marchers indicted in Charlottesville rally
1 year, 8 months ago

Torch-carrying marchers indicted in Charlottesville rally

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — Nearly six years after a large gathering of white nationalists in Charlottesville erupted in violent clashes with counterprotesters, a grand jury in Virginia has indicted multiple people on felony charges for carrying flaming torches with the intent to intimidate. That’s when a group of white nationalists carrying torches marched through the campus of the University of Virginia, …

Charlottesville White Nationalists