USC’s Pro-Palestinian Protesters Clash With Campus Police

The group occupied Alumni Park and issued a list of demands including an end to ‘investment in genocide’ and no policing on campus.

USC public safety officers detain a pro-Palestine demonstrator during clashes after officers attempted to take down an encampment in support of Gaza at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles on April 24, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian University of Southern California students and outside supporters clashed with campus police April 24 as they occupied Alumni Park in the heart of the campus.

A group calling itself the USC Divest From Death Coalition organized Wednesday’s demonstration and said it plans to continue the “Gaza Solidarity Occupation” until the university meets its demands, according to the campus newspaper the Daily Trojan.