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.
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
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.