U.S.|Police Arrest 13 After Protesters Occupied Stanford President’s Office
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Demonstrators had taken over the office at dawn and demanded that Stanford University trustees vote on divestment from companies said to support Israel’s military.
Students at Stanford University walk by graffiti on a wall outside the office of the president, Richard Saller, after a protest occupation that occurred on Wednesday morning.Credit…Nic Coury/Associated PressJune 5, 2024Updated 4:05 p.m. ET
Police officers arrested 13 people on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian protesters barricaded themselves in the office of the president of Stanford University and demanded that administrators meet several demands, including a vote by the university trustees on whether to divest from companies that are said to support Israel’s military.
The administration offices, located in Building 10, were cleared within about three hours, according to Dee Mostofi, a campus spokeswoman, who said that there was “extensive damage.” Several sandstone walls and pillars on the exterior of buildings on the university’s historic Main Quad were marked with graffiti that criticized the police, Stanford, Israel and the United States.
Protesters had entered the building around 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, and university police officers arrived at the scene after they were alerted of the occupation, according to Ms. Mostofi. The building houses the offices of the university’s president, Richard Saller, and provost, Jenny Martinez, among others.
One officer was injured during the arrests, Ms. Mostofi said, adding that any students who were arrested will be suspended and those who are seniors will not be allowed to graduate.
“We are appalled that our students chose to take this action, and we will work with law enforcement to ensure that they face the full consequences allowed by law,” Ms. Mostofi said in a statement.
Wednesday is the final day of classes for the spring quarter at Stanford. A security guard stationed on the Main Quad warned students who were bicycling or walking to their last classes of the academic year that they would see disturbing graffiti. The spray-painted slogans included “Pigs Taste Best Dead” and “Death 2 Israehell.”
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