UT–Austin Faculty Condemn School President for Arrests of Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Police arrested dozens of students who walked out of class to protest against Israel on April 24.
UT–Austin Faculty Condemn School President for Arrests of Pro-Palestinian Protesters
A student is arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024. Brandon Bell/Getty Images
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A faculty group at The University of Texas at Austin (UT–Austin) has called another protest for Thursday after it condemned the university president for enforcing school policy when hundreds of students walked out of class on Wednesday afternoon to occupy campus in protest of Israel’s strikes on Gaza.

“Today, our University held firm, enforcing our rules while protecting the Constitutional right to free speech,” UT–Austin President Jay Hartzell wrote in a campuswide statement Wednesday night.

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