The College of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) was sued Thursday over the conflict at a pro-Palestinian encampment final spring that injured dozens of protesters.
The civil rights lawsuit was filed by 35 UCLA college students, school, neighborhood members, reporters, and authorized observers in opposition to the college, three police businesses and people who attacked the demonstrators.
The incident occurred on April 28, 2024, when a big group of counter-protesters went into the pro-Palestinian encampment.
The lawsuit alleges the instigators shot fireworks on the defendants and used chemical munitions, steel rods, poles and boards to assault the pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have been rallying in opposition to the Israel-Hamas warfare.
The swimsuit says demonstrators had shattered bones, severed nerves, sexual assaults, giant bruises and chemical burns to the face and eyes after the assault.
The incident went on for hours earlier than police intervened and nobody was arrested that night time, in response to the submitting. When police did step in, the lawsuit says it was in a violent manner that led to extra accidents.
“Over 200 protesters and organizers for Palestinian rights were wrongfully arrested that night and dozens of injured went to the hospital,” the press launch for the lawsuit states.
“UCLA failed to stop or even condemn the violence, emboldening the perpetrators. UCLA’s message laid blame in large part on protesters, who were in fact victims, and highlighted what it labeled antisemitism against other Jewish students on campus when it was the Palestine activists — including Jews — being harmed,” it added.
That night time thrust UCLA into the middle of the controversy on campuses throughout the nation because the pro-Palestinian encampments led to 2,000 individuals arrested throughout the nation and a number of commencement ceremonies canceled.
The Hill has reached out to UCLA for remark.
