Palestine campus protests finally begin to cool off after weeks of chaos and thousands of arrests, as Dems fear flare-up during Chicago conference

The swathe of pro-Palestinian protests that have been rocking US campuses for weeks were more muted Friday after a series of clashes with police, mass arrests and a stern White House directive to restore order. A protest encampment at George Washington University Law School on May 3, 2024 in Washington D.C. People pray at an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University on May 3, 2024 Pro Palestinian protesters gather outside of New York University buildings in lower Manhattan as they continue an ongoing demonstration against their schools investments and the administrations views on Israel on May 3, 2024 in New York City A woman that was arrested at the protest is taken into an NYPD van. Early this morning the NYPD moved into the encampment at the John A. Paulson Center in New York University and arrested several students while destroying the encampment Biden gave his first full remarks on the massive campaign protests in a televised White House speech, saying 'order must prevail' The president of the University of Chicago said talks with protesters on a compromise had failed and indicated that the school might break up the encampment there. Pro-Palestinians protesters clash with counter-protesters at the encampment in the quad at the University of Chicago on May 3, 2024 Campus police stand between demonstrators at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus of the University of Chicago and counter demonstrators after a brief skirmish between the groups on May 03, 2024 Given the clash between both counter protesters and pro-Palestine demonstrators, the University of Chicago could soon be inclined to break up the encampment Police clash with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade at the University of California, Los Angeles early on May 2, 2024 His remarks came hours after police moved in on demonstrators at UCLA, which saw counter-protesters attacking a fortified encampment there. Protesters at the University of Sydney in Australia Negotiations between pro-Palestine protesters at the University of Chicago and the school's administration faltered A woman belts chants into a mega-phone at a protest near NYU on May 3, 2024 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, Wisconsin on May 1, 2024 Police officers with riot shields go in to break up the encampment at UW-Madison Police detain a demonstrator at UW-Madison The Gaza war started when Hamas militants staged an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 that resulted in the deaths of more than 1,170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.