A document by the Palestine Solidarity Encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles is asking for a number of donations for protective gear as demonstrators prepare for clashes with law enforcement and counterprotestors.
The Google Doc was acquired by Fox News’s Bill Melugin and includes a comprehensive list of items needed by the protestors, many of which seem to consist of defensive gear in anticipation of a likely escalation.
NEW: @FoxNews has obtained a Google Doc w/ a list of needs that protesters at the UCLA camp are requesting, including:
– Vegan & gluten free food
– “Super bright” flashlights w/ strobe
– Rope & zip ties
– Helmets, shields, & wood
– Lotion, “NO sunscreen”
– Knee & elbow pads pic.twitter.com/XUL6ZbtoLy— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 1, 2024
Melugin reports that the demonstrators have erected a makeshift wall around their encampment, comprised of plywood and wooden pallets bound by zip ties and screws.
“Anti-Israel protesters have built a wall around their encampment here at UCLA. They’re using wood pallets and plywood and binding it together with zip ties & drilled screws. They are turtling up & gathering supplies in the middle of their camp. Lots of law enforcement gathering,” Melugin wrote on X.
Anti-Israel protesters have built a wall around their encampment here at UCLA. They’re using wood pallets and plywood and binding it together with zip ties & drilled screws. They are turtling up & gathering supplies in the middle of their camp. Lots of law enforcement gathering. pic.twitter.com/VUjX9F2T1L
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) May 2, 2024
The ominous law enforcement presence is only one factor in a looming potential clash between protestors and their adversaries. Already, sporadic violence has broken out between the demonstrators and counterprotestors.
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block issued a statement against the student opposing the occupation.
“However one feels about the encampment, this attack on our students, faculty and community members was utterly unacceptable,” Block said. “It has shaken our campus to its core and — adding to other abhorrent incidents that we have witnessed and that have circulated on social media over the past several days — further damaged our community’s sense of security.”
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