Two faculty members were reportedly among those arrested.
Forty percent of arrestees in the Pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California–Irvine had no connection with the school, according to numbers released by authorities.
University spokesperson Tom Vasich confirmed to The Epoch Times 47 individuals were arrested—including 26 students, 2 employees, and 19 not affiliated with the institution—for disrupting university operations, failing to disperse, and trespassing. They were taken to the Orange County Jail, processed, and then cited and released.
Classes were held remotely May 16 following the removal of a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California–Irvine the day before.
The encampment has been largely peaceful since it was formed two weeks ago, but protestors Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. took over the campus’s Physical Sciences Lecture Hall, disrupting classes and violating school policy,…
