Campus Police Union Demands Legal Action After UCLA Protest Leads to 44 Arrests

Police said that a large group of people ‘wearing masks and in possession of metal pipes’ were seen at a university building on May 6.

Pro-Palestinian protesters rebuild the barricade surrounding their encampment after clashes erupted overnight on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles, on May 1, 2024. Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

The Federated University Police Officer’s Association (FUPOA) has demanded that legal action be taken after 44 people were arrested during a recent pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

The FUPOA, representing campus police officers at the 10 University of California schools, said that police prevented “an organized group of 44 individuals” from occupying a building on UCLA’s campus on May 6.