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ARTICLE VIEW: | |
Map: Where university protesters have been arrested across the United | |
States | |
By Alex Leeds Matthews, Krystina Shveda, Amy O'Kruk, Renée Rigdon and | |
Lou Robinson, CNN | |
Updated: | |
11:25 AM EDT, Fri May 10, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
As pro-Palestinian protests have erupted on college campuses | |
nationwide, protesters — including students and faculty — since | |
the first demonstrators were three weeks ago. Nearly 200 protesters | |
were arrested on May 7, the highest number of arrests in a day this | |
week, according to a CNN review of university and law enforcement | |
statements. April 30 saw the most arrests since protests began, with | |
nearly 400 arrests. | |
More than 2,600 people have been arrested on college and university | |
campuses since April 18 as schools prepare for spring commencement | |
ceremonies, according to CNN’s review. The , where nearly 100 | |
protesters were arrested April 24, its primary commencement event. | |
Protesters have been arrested on more than 50 campuses across at least | |
25 states and the District of Columbia. Many other schools have | |
experienced protests without arrests. | |
Protest demands from campus to campus, but a major focus is that | |
universities divest from companies with financial ties to Israel amid | |
its war with Hamas. There have also been counter-protests, resulting in | |
. | |
CNN is monitoring campus protests and will continue to update this map | |
with any new arrests. | |
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