TECH - Students Demand Universities Sell Off Israel-Related Stocks Hundreds Arrested In Nationwide Protests: 'Stop Investing In This Genocide' | Benzinga
Hundreds of people, mostly students, have been arrested this week across the country as pro-Palestine protests spread at college campuses.
Protesters are calling for a cease fire and have now added a new demand: they expect their universities to sell off stocks in companies that directly or indirectly benefit from Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank.
Columbia University in New York has shifted to online classes after over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested last Thursday.
Protests continued this week at several universities in the country where local police departments arrested hundreds more.
At New York University, 133 protesters were taken into custody on Wednesday and later released with summonses to appear in court.
At least 57 protesters were arrested in Austin on Wednesday as a protest sparked on the University of Texas campus, according to a spokeswoman for the Travis County Sheriff's Office, cited by the Associated Press.
Over 90 people were arrested on Wednesday night at the University of Southern California according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The university has since closed the campus and said it expects anyone trespassing to be arrested, in an effort to stop the protests.
Two more people were arrested at Ohio State University. Seventeen were arrested at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In Boston, 108 people were arrested in an Emerson College encampment, while 48 were arrested at Yale University in New Haven.
More encampments were put together on campuses at the University ...