The University of California, Los Angeles, was sued on Thursday over a 2024 mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters at the height of the US campus protest movement against Israel’s war on Gaza, a court filing showed.
In one of the most violent incidents from US protests related to Israel’s war on Gaza, masked pro-Israel assailants, described by officials as “instigators,” stormed the tent camp of pro-Palestinian protesters with clubs and poles.
The encampment occupants said fireworks were also hurled at them. The situation continued for at least three hours into the early morning of 1 May before police moved in and restored order. The following night, hundreds of police officers raided the encampment, arresting over 200 people.
“Not a single member of the mob attack was arrested that night, even though police and private security watched from just a few yards away as the attack raged for hours and was broadcast live to millions of people,” the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles superior court, said.
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