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University of California Police officers face pro-Palestinian protesters outside Dodd Hall in the University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, June 10, 2024. (Etienne Laurent\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

(LOS ANGELES) — About 25 people were arrested Monday night as they attempted to set up a tent encampment on the University of California Los Angeles campus, university police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“The individuals are in the process of being cited, issued 14-day stay away orders from UCLA property, and released,” the UCLA Police Department said. “Approximately 150 protesters remain in the area as of the latest update.”<\/p>\n

The arrests follow a series of tense days in late April and early May on the school’s campus, where pro-Palestinian protesters had created a sprawling encampment surrounded by plywood and metal barricades. Counter-protesters had clashed with the group on at least one occasion.<\/p>\n

Police from several departments descended on the earlier encampment on May 2, arresting dozens of protesters and dismantling the tents and barricades.<\/p>\n

About 100 people marched on Monday afternoon through campus, entering at least one hall and disrupting a final exam, police said.<\/p>\n

The group, which was associated with a registered student organization, also set up “unauthorized and unlawful” encampments at several locations around campus. They used “tents, canopies, and barricades with patio furniture,” police said.<\/p>\n

University officials asked the group to leave two locations — the Janss Steps and the Kerckhoff patio — and the group complied, police said.<\/p>\n

The group had by early evening made their way to the courtyard between Dodd Hall and the School of Law, where they were seen assembling another tent encampment, police said.<\/p>\n

“The group restricted access to the general public in violation of University policy and also disrupted nearby final exams,” police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

About 25 people were arrested under a California law barring “Willful Disruption of University Operations,” police said.<\/p>\n

One additional person had been arrested for interfering with a police officer as the group set up their first encampment, police said. That person was cited and released, police said.<\/p>\n

“As a result of the unauthorized and unlawful encampments at the three locations, the group damaged the Shapiro fountain, spray-painted brick walkways, tampered with fire safety equipment, damaged patio furniture, stripped wire from electrical fixtures, and vandalized vehicles,” police said.<\/p>\n

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