Flashbangs were heard as California Highway Patrol officers began tearing down the barricades outside the UCLA encampment early Thursday morning and detaining pro-Palestinian protesters on the site.
The officers from CHP’s special operations unit were seen in video footage in police riot gear with helmets, gas masks, zip ties and getting their batons ready as they entered the encampment, while screams were heard from behind the barricades.
Some protesters were kneeling on the ground with their arms zip-tied behind their backs as officers detained them and continued bringing more protesters outside the encampment.
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