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Thursday, May 2, 2024
Police finish clearing anti-Israel encampment at UCLA; buses full of detainees seen driving off

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrators watch police activity behind a makeshift barricade on the UCLA campus, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Police have finished clearing a fortified anti-Israel encampment of far-left protesters at UCLA after hundreds of them defied police orders to leave overnight.
ABC News reporters on the ground say they saw two buses filled with detainees drive off.
Royce Hall was left covered in graffiti after police cleared the encampment. Phrases painted on the walls included "Divest from genocide" and "Free Gaza." pic.twitter.com/tK1ZzVt7Te
— Daily Bruin (@dailybruin) May 2, 2024
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