Security increased for UCLA graduation ceremony following pro-Palestinian protests

Security measures will be increased on UCLA’s Westwood campus as students prepare for their commencement ceremony on June 13.

On Monday, arrests were made as over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampments and took over portions of the campus at the University of California, Los Angeles. The protesters paraded through campus and set up barricades around entrances to Dickson Plaza while dying the water inside Shapiro Fountain red.

The incident marks the third encampment that has taken over UCLA since May over the Israel-Hamas War, calling for the UC system to divest from companies that invest in weapons manufacturing for the Israeli military.

KTLA's John Fenoglio reports on June 11, 2024.

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