On the #UTAustin campus, activists hold up names of students and educators killed in Gaza, along with facts about the damage war has done to education.
The South Lawn, where protesters are gathering to support #Palestine. This is the site of many of the arrests last week but things are calm right now, sharing supplies and holding teach-ins. #UTAustin
Activists are linking arms and have tables in the way to protect those putting up tents at the South Lawn of #UTAustin. Police are here but outnumbered.
Barricades are going up around the clock tower and I've seen some state troopers on motorcycles approaching the area. Activists are still chanting and holding space.
A huge crowd is watching from the clock tower plaza. State troopers just surrounded the tent group, fully kettling them as others surround the cops and chant "off our campus!"
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Troopers have surrounded the tents and activists and students are trying to surround the troopers at #UTAustin. The chanting is loud and tension is high.
I can't see from my vantage point but the police are pulling people out of the circle as they sit down. Lily Kepner on X had some excellent footage. #Palestine#Texas#UTAustin
Protesters chant "We are being peaceful, you are being violent" as police force the encampment apart one person at a time, bringing arrestees to a nearby van. #Palestine#Texas#UTAustin#Austin
The scene right now. Students, staff and activists chanting, the sun is beating down on the South Lawn of #UTAustin as police drag people out of the middle. #Palestine#Texas#Austin
Street medics are carrying people out of the circle as they drop from dehydration. They are being iced down as an ambulance called. Dehydration becoming a serious issue here. #Palestine#Texas#UTAustin#Austin
A group of protesters attempted to block the arrest vans from leaving campus but were forced back onto the sidewalk by police. #UTAustin#Austin#Palestine
Tensions high. Protesters are facing off with APD and troopers a chanting "off our campus!" Some victims of police violence were brought to a nearby church for medical care. #Austin#Palestine#UTAustin
Protesters followed police off campus chanting and confronting them. Students chanting "fuck you fascists!" at the departing cops. #ftp#Palestine#Texas#UTAustin#Austin
Things have calmed down again at #UTAustin. A few dozen students have gathered on the South Lawn again and are talking and sharing snacks water Gatorade and solidarity. Probably dozens of arrests earlier? #Palestine#Texas#Austin
Word is there were at least 65 arrests today at the #UTAustin campus. Jail support called for tonight at the Travis County Jail. #Palestine#Texas#Austin
They’ll use section 5, “makes unreasonable noise in a public place,” to justify arrests. While wearing riot gear to arrest students in t-shirts and shorts, gathered on a lawn.
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