{"id":2239743,"date":"2024-05-08T03:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-60-protesters-arrested-at-the-university-of-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T03:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T07:27:27","slug":"over-60-protesters-arrested-at-the-university-of-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-60-protesters-arrested-at-the-university-of-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 60 protesters were arrested at UMass"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fover-60-protesters-arrested-at-the-university-of-massachusetts%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239743&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Police arrested over \u200c60 protesters at UMass Amherst for gathering on\u2062 the south lawn\u2063 in protest against the Israeli military&#8217;s actions at \u200bRafah \u200cCrossing. Officers intervened\u200b due to policy \u2063violations as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-suspends-arrests-anti-israel-student-protesters\/\" title=\"Columbia University suspends and arrests protesters against Israel\">protesters demanded divestment<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-boots-acting-atf-director-as-senate-considers-nominee\/\" title=\"Biden Boots Acting ATF Director as Senate Considers Nominee\">weapons manufacturers<\/a>. The protest included constructing barricades\u200c and calls for change from the \u2062university administration. UMass\u2063 Chancellor Javier Reyes deployed campus police for dismantling the encampment.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Police arrested more than <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycollegian.com\/2024\/05\/protestors-form-second-gaza-solidarity-encampment\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">60 protesters Tuesday night<\/a> on the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus.<\/p>\n<p>Students and protesters gathered on the university\u2019s south lawn to return to a previously cleared encampment and condemn the Israeli military for taking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/2993715\/israeli-military-confirms-capture-of-gazan-side-of-rafah-crossing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gazan side of Rafah Crossing<\/a>. Police officers were called because the encampment violated the school\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Wild footage as more arrests happen at UMass Amherst. UMass Amherst SJP is claiming over 130 students have been arrested. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DDYNfACROe\">pic.twitter.com\/DDYNfACROe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stu (@thestustustudio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thestustustudio\/status\/1788078870576390638?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Protesters constructed a barricade around the encampment on the university\u2019s south lawn, 22News reported. They said they would not leave until their demands were met, which included, among other things, divesting from any partnerships with weapons manufacturers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA big thing is divesting from war profiteers and divesting from a genocide in general. A big focus has been around Raytheon because it\u2019s such a big weapons contributor to Israel,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhpr.org\/2024-05-07\/umass-amherst-protestors-once-again-set-up-encampment\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sam Martinez, one of the protesters, told NHPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou guys are not willing to listen at all, we are going to show you our encampment and show you what we can do to ask for a change,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wwlp.com\/news\/local-news\/hampshire-county\/pro-palestinian-protesters-return-to-umass-amherst-campus\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a protester reportedly yelled during the demonstration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>UMass Chancellor Javier Reyes deployed campus police to deconstruct the encampment on Tuesday night, 22News reported. He provided a statement about the demonstration and a previous meeting he had with the group\u2019s leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarlier today, members of my leadership team and I met with representatives of the demonstrators who have established an unauthorized encampment on the South Lawn of the Student Union,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernmassnews.com\/2024\/05\/08\/umass-chancellor-javier-reyes-releases-statement-pro-palestine-encampment\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reyes said<\/a>. \u201cOver more than an hour and a half, we discussed a series of demands ranging from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gwu-students-occupy-building-entrance-in-pro-palestinian-protest-while-taunted-by-aim-billboard\/\" title=\"GWU students protest for Palestine at entrance, taunted by AIM billboard\">financial divestment<\/a> to the status of students\u2019 civil court cases following the October 2023 Whitmore arrests. I also assured the student protest leaders that I am actively reviewing the cases submitted for Code of Student Conduct appeals related to the arrests that have come before me as of today.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also stated that none of the protesters arrested would face criminal charges. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally, in response to questions from the students at the meeting, my team was able to clarify that there are no criminal cases pending against students arrested in October; all infractions have been reduced to civil penalties,\u201d the statement read. \u201cWe also agreed to seek clarification on the status of those civil proceedings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Later Tuesday night, videos of the confrontation between police and protesters circulated on social media platforms. One account reported that the university\u2019s Students for Justice for Palestine group claimed that over 130 people had been arrested. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWild footage as more arrests happen at UMass Amherst,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thestustustudio\/status\/1788078870576390638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">read a post on X, formerly Twitter.<\/a> \u201cUMass Amherst SJP is claiming over 130 students have been arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 60 protesters were arrested on Tuesday night at UMass Amherst. They gathered on the south lawn, returning to a cleared encampment to protest the Israeli military&#8217;s actions at Rafah Crossing. Police intervened due to policy violations. 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