UCLA Police Disperse Third Pro-Palestinian Protest, Arrest Over a Dozen

Los Angeles, California United States of America
Protesters carried fake bloody mummies and body parts while chanting 'We will honor all our martyrs.'
Protesters had erected tents and barricades in Dickson Plaza since earlier in the day.
Protesters were demanding UCLA divest from interests in Israel to protest the Jewish state's military offensive in Gaza.
The first encampment was dismantled on May 2 after a weeklong occupation.
The second encampment was declared an 'unlawful assembly' and dismantled on May 23.
UCLA police dispersed a third pro-Palestinian protest on Monday night, arresting over a dozen people.
UCLA Police Disperse Third Pro-Palestinian Protest, Arrest Over a Dozen

Police moved in on a group of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) on Monday night, arresting more than a dozen in the process.

According to reporting from UCLA's Daily Bruin, erected tents and barricades in Dickson Plaza a little after 3 p.m.

“Earlier in the day, protesters marched to Murphy Hall carrying fake bloody mummies and body parts while listing the names of Palestinians who have died in the Israel-Hamas war, chanting, ‘We will honor all our martyrs,’” the student outlet reported.

The day's protests marked the third pro-Palestinian encampment.

Authorities dismantled the first encampment on May 2 after a weeklong occupation in Dickson Plaza, a little more than a day after violence broke out between demonstrators and counter-protestors.

Police in riot gear moved in on a second encampment on the campus on May 23 and quickly dismantled it after declaring the demonstration an “unlawful assembly.”

In both demonstration, protesters were demanding UCLA divest from interests in Israel to protest the Jewish state's bloody military offensive in Gaza after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israeli civilians.

Dozens of arrests were made at both demonstrations.

At around 7:30 p.m. this evening, police in riot gear armed with less-than-lethal weapons moved in to block the courtyard behind Dodd Hall, the Daily Bruin posted to X, formerly Twitter.

University campus police and officers with the California Highway Patrol were also helping L.A. police with demonstrators.


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Confidence

91%

Doubts
  • Was there any property damage reported during the protests?
  • Were all arrested individuals actively participating in the protests?

Sources

86%

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Police confront pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA

The Los Angeles Times Alene Tchekmedyian Tuesday, 11 June 2024 02:55
  • Unique Points
    • Demonstrators recited names of Palestinians who have died in Gaza.
    • Some protesters set up barricades using wooden shields and chicken wire.
  • Accuracy
    • About 25 people were arrested on UCLA campus on Monday night for attempting to set up an unauthorized tent encampment.
    • Approximately 125 protesters remained in the area after the arrests.
    • The group had earlier disrupted a final exam and set up unlawful encampments using tents, canopies, barricades, and patio furniture.
  • Deception (70%)
    The article contains selective reporting as the author only reports details that support her position of the protesters being confronted by police and arrested. She does not report on any actions taken by the protesters that may have led to their confrontation with police or their arrests. Additionally, there is emotional manipulation through the use of phrases like 'let them go!' and 'They will not die in vain.'
    • L.A. Police Capt. Kelly Muniz confirmed to The Times that arrests were made at the protest but did not provide further details.
    • The situation later turned chaotic, however, with Los Angeles police and private security guards forming a skirmish line and facing off with protesters who stood behind barricades.
    • Many protesters declined to give interviews, saying they were not ‘media liaisons’ or ‘media trained.’
  • Fallacies (100%)
    None Found At Time Of Publication
  • Bias (95%)
    The author uses language that depicts the police as extreme or unreasonable by quoting protesters chanting 'Cops off campus!' and reporting that they formed a line in response to an unlawful assembly declaration. The author also quotes a professor criticizing authorities for using force against students who were following dispersal orders.
    • He criticized authorities, saying the students had been following dispersal orders throughout the evening.
      • police and guards formed a line, with protesters shouting, ‘Cops off campus!’
      • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
        None Found At Time Of Publication
      • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
        None Found At Time Of Publication

      74%

      The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
      (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

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      Clashes break out between police, pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA

      ABC7 News (KABC-TV / ABC7 Los Angeles) Tuesday, 11 June 2024 01:40
      • Unique Points
        • Protesters set up tents and dyed a nearby fountain red at UCLA’s Dickson Plaza on June 11, 2024.
        • About 25 protesters were arrested for willful disruption of university operations.
        • The UCLA Police Department reported that the group also spray-painted brick walkways, tampered with fire safety equipment, damaged patio furniture, stripped wire from electrical fixtures, and vandalized vehicles.
        • At least one security officer was injured during the clashes between officers and protesters.
        • Those in custody were being detained at Dodd Hall where other protesters were demanding their release.
        • Earlier in the afternoon, demonstrators dyed the Shapiro Fountain red and placed fake bloody bodies nearby.
      • Accuracy
        No Contradictions at Time Of Publication
      • Deception (5%)
        The article engages in selective reporting by only mentioning the actions of the pro-Palestinian protesters and not providing any context or information about the counterdemonstrators or why they were present. The author also uses emotional manipulation by describing the actions of the protesters as 'clashes' between 'officers and pro-Palestinian protesters', implying that there was violence on both sides when in fact, only the actions of the protesters are described in detail.
        • Orders were issued multiple times for the protesters to disperse.
        • Clashes between officers and pro-Palestinian protesters broke out at UCLA Monday after demonstrators set up tents at Dickson Plaza and dyed a nearby fountain red.
      • Fallacies (85%)
        The article contains several instances of inflammatory rhetoric and appeals to authority. The author uses the phrases 'clashes between officers and pro-Palestinian protesters' multiple times without providing any context or explanation as to what caused the clashes or who initiated them. This is an appeal to emotion and a dichotomous depiction, as it presents the situation as a simple conflict between two groups without considering the complexities of the situation. The author also states that 'at least one security officer was being treated for injuries' without providing any details about the nature or severity of the injuries or how they were sustained. This is an appeal to authority, as it implies that the injury is significant and newsworthy without providing any evidence to support this claim.
        • Clashes between officers and pro-Palestinian protesters broke out at UCLA Monday after demonstrators set up tents at Dickson Plaza and dyed a nearby fountain red.
        • At least one security officer was being treated for injuries.
      • Bias (80%)
        The article reports on clashes between police and pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, with no clear bias towards either side in the reporting of facts. However, the article does mention that the group had vandalized property and caused disruptions on campus. While this is a factual statement, it could be perceived as biased against the protesters. Additionally, there is a reference to previous protests on campus where counterdemonstrators attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment and fighting continued for several hours before police stepped in. This information could be seen as an attempt to paint the protesters in a negative light and potentially biasing readers against them.
        • At least one security officer was being treated for injuries.
          • Campus police said the group also spray-painted brick walkways, tampered with fire safety equipment, damaged patio furniture, stripped wire from electrical fixtures, and vandalized vehicles.
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (0%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          95%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

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          About 25 arrested at UCLA as group attempts to set up protest camp, university police say

          ABC NEWS SITE NAMES Name: ABC News Site Names URL: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-officially-blames-iran_106834435 ABC News Tuesday, 11 June 2024 11:01
          • Unique Points
            • About 25 people were arrested on UCLA campus on Monday night for attempting to set up an unauthorized tent encampment.
            • Approximately 125 protesters remained in the area after the arrests.
            • University Police arrested 25 people under a California law for Willful Disruption of University Operations. One additional person was arrested for interfering with a police officer.
            • The group damaged property including the Shapiro fountain, brick walkways, fire safety equipment, patio furniture, stripped wire from electrical fixtures and vandalized vehicles.
          • Accuracy
            • The group had earlier disrupted a final exam and set up unlawful encampments using tents, canopies, barricades, and patio furniture.
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (85%)
            The article contains a few instances of inflammatory rhetoric and appeals to authority. It uses loaded language such as
            • About 125 protesters were still "in the area," UCLA police said.
            • 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.
            • About 15 officers from several departments descended on the earlier encampment on May 2, arresting dozens of protesters and dismantling the tents and barricades.
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          92%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

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          Pro-Palestine protesters set up 3rd solidarity encampment in Dickson Plaza

          Daily Bruin Monday, 10 June 2024 00:00
          • Unique Points
            • Pro-Palestine protesters set up a third encampment in Dickson Plaza on Monday afternoon.
            • Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA called for a rally in Bruin Plaza before marching around campus.
          • Accuracy
            • Protesters set up tents and dyed a nearby fountain red at UCLA’s Dickson Plaza on June 11, 2024.
            • About 25 protesters were arrested for willful disruption of university operations.
            • The group had earlier disrupted a final exam and set up unlawful encampments using tents, canopies, barricades, and patio furniture.
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (0%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication

          97%

          The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermine the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
          (Site Conflicts Of Interest + Author Conflicts Of Interest) / 2.0 * 0.2 + ArticleBiasScore * 0.20 + UniquePointsScore * 0.05 + DeceptionScore * 0.20 + ReadabilityScore * 0.05 + FallacyScore * 0.20

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          L.A. Police move in on pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UCLA

          KTLA News Josh DuBose Tuesday, 11 June 2024 04:28
          • Unique Points
            • On Monday night, L.A. police arrested over a dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators at UCLA.
            • This was the third pro-Palestinian encampment on UCLA campus.
            • Protesters had erected tents and barricades in Dickson Plaza around 3 p.m.
            • Earlier in the day, protesters marched carrying fake bloody mummies and body parts, listing names of Palestinians who have died in Israel-Hamas war, chanting ‘We will honor all our martyrs’.
          • Accuracy
            • Authorities dismantled the first encampment on May 2 after a weeklong occupation and declared second one an ‘unlawful assembly’ on May 23.
          • Deception (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Fallacies (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Bias (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Site Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication
          • Author Conflicts Of Interest (100%)
            None Found At Time Of Publication