Photos: Pro-Palestinian protestors evicted from the University of Arizona campus
An encampment of a hundred or so pro-Palestinian protestors was removed from the U of A grounds early morning, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Law enforcement from several agencies confronted several dozen protestors just after 2 a.m. and eventually broke up the demonstration just before 3 a.m.
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Tucson Police take a protester into custody on Park Avenue as law enforcement personnel from several area agencies clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024.
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A line of Pima County Sheriff’s deputies form a shield line as law enforcement gathers outside an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters encamped on the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az. Hours later a line of officers pushed a couple hundred protestors up Park Avenue before the gathering broke up just before 3 a.m.
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A protestor exhorts an encampment of a protestors on the University of Arizona campus just before law enforcement showed up in force to remove them after a 10:30 p.m. deadline, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A pro-Palestinian protester stands outside the main encampment on the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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One of the group’s leaders walks Park Avenue urging on the protestors outside an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Arizona, April 30.
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Tucson Police drag a protestor out of the line and into custody as law enforcement clears an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A line of about 100 law enforcement personnel move up Park Avenue as the last knots of pro-Palestinian protesters break up after being evicted from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A journalist gets video of a line of Pima County Sheriff’s deputies, among the law enforcement agencies that massed to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protestor gets ready as law enforcement begins to show up to remove their encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protester yells at law enforcement officer from behind the barricades erected by pro-Palestinian protesters encamped on the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protester holds the barricades as law enforcement approaches the makeshift wall of their encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A bystander has some pizza, one of thousands who showed up to watch law enforcement agencies clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A throughly equipped protestor looks out of one of the gaps in the barricades, watching officers from several law enforcement agencies arriving to clear their wildcat encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A thrown water bottle glances off a law enforcement officer outside an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters barricaded on the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A Pima County Sheriff’s deputy takes a break from the shield line as law enforcement officers gather outside an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A line of Tucson Police officers advance on a the pack of a few hundred pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on Park Avenue outside the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024.
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A protestor climbs on a wall along Park Avenue to rally the group as law enforcement clears an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A pro-Palestinian protester comes face to face with a line of Tucson Police officers, marching up Park Avenue helping to clear an encampment from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A line of Tucson Police officers line up for their next thrust as law enforcement clears pro-Palestinian protesters from Park Avenue near the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A pro-Palestinian kneels in front of an officer with a chemical ammo gun as protesters face off with law enforcement outside the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024.
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A protester stands up to a line of law enforcement officer clearing an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protestor stands on a wall along Park Avenue to watch over an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters facing off with law enforcement officers from several local agencies on the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protestor is dragged out of the line on Park Avenue and into custody as law enforcement clears an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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Pima County Sheriff’s deputies pause and reform their line as they march through the remains of an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A line of protesters link arms and brace for the next thrust from law enforcement breaking up a camp of pro-Palestinian protesters on the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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Tucson Police officers hold the line in a push-and-shove scuffle with pro-Palestinian protesters encamped on the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters link arms and retreat up Park Avenue as law enforcement herds them away from the University of Arizona campus, May 1, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A pro-Palestinian protester walks with a Palestinian flag outside an encampment of protestors on the University of Arizona campus, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A handful of pro-Palestine protestors chant from behind their makeshift barricades during an occupation in the school’s Olive Grove at the University of Arizona, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az. The encampment sprang up in the afternoon after a larger group was removed from the UA of Mall the night before.
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University of Arizona assistant chief Mario Leon talks with a group of pro-Palestine protestors about returning the fencing the group appropriated to encircle their latest encampment in the school’s Olive Grove, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az. An accord was eventually forged and the fence was taken away.
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A protestor looks out through the fencing the group gathered to encircle their pro-Palestine encampment at the University of Arizona, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protestor uses a megaphone to talk about some guideline for an pro-Palestine encampment in the University of Arizona Olive Grove, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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A protestor sketches out a new sign from inside an encampment of pro-Palestine protestors at the University of Arizona, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
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Protestors remove the fence they took from a construction site on the University of Arizona campus to encircle their of pro-Palestine encampment in the school’s Olive Grove, April 30, 2024, Tucson, Az.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
"University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins has directed University officials and the University of Arizona Police Department, to immediately enforce campus use policies and all corresponding laws without further warning."
"Due to the dangerous actions of the protestors, law enforcement had little choice," University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins says after encampment is broken up.