Anti-Israel agitators at Portland State University attempted to charge at police officers and were swiftly put down.
Police officers in riot gear were sent to clear out an encampment at the university library on Thursday, leading to a confrontation between the officers and several agitators wielding makeshift shields. Video shows the moment a group of protesters running from the library and charging at officers who set up a police line.
One of the agitators crashes at full speed into an officer and is knocked to the ground. Two more police officers assist in apprehending the assailant.
The Portland Police Bureau said “several arrests” were made at the library as officers work to clear the encampment.
Dozens of protesters who appeared to be a mix of PSU students and outside agitators occupied the library on Monday night and demanded that the university divest from Israel before they would move, according to Oregon Public Broadcasting.
On Wednesday, Portland State University President Ann Cudd announced that the library is closed and said all unauthorized personnel found there were committing criminal trespass “and must leave immediately.” The announcement came after negotiations between university officials and the anti-Israel groups broke down on Wednesday.
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) speaks with reporters as he and other conservative Republican members of the House Oversight Committee visit the George Washington University Gaza encampment, Washington, DC, May 1, 2024.
An anti-Israel activist shouted multiple epithets at Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., as he made an appearance at a Washington, D.C. college disrupted by protests.
On Wednesday, Donalds was one of the Republicans on the House Oversight Committee who visited an anti-Israel protester encampment at George Washington University amid a nationwide series of protests about the war in Gaza. The Daily Caller released video of Donalds being berated by a middle-aged man with a foreign accent who appeared to be part of the protests that afternoon.
“How much is AIPAC paying you, you bastard?” the man asked, referring to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, an organization which lobbies for policies favorable to Israel. While this initially did not draw a significant reaction, Donalds turned around when the same man asked, “How much is AIPAC paying you, you race traitor?”
Another person in the audience could be heard objecting, “’Race traitor,’ what!?”
The protester continued, “Yeah! Yeah! Uncle Tom!”
Someone else asked, “Why is the United States supporting a Jewish supremacist country?”
The first protester continued his line of attack, “Outside agitators aren’t allowed, you’re working for a foreign entity, you bastard!”
Donalds calmly quipped, “That guy’s really old to be in college, anyway-,” and turned around to field more questions.
More than 130 anti-Israel agitators were arrested after police raided the encampment on UCLA’s campus.
The California Highway Patrol said in a statement that multiple law enforcement agencies responded to a mutual aid request from the UCLA Police Department. Wearing face shields and protective vests, they stood with their batons protruding out to separate them from demonstrators, who wore helmets and gas masks and chanted, “You want peace. We want justice.”
Law enforcement removed barricades after hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave. Some people were detained, their hands bound with zip ties.
“In response to a mutual aid request from UCLA, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) deployed to assist the UCLA Police Department,” Sergeant Alejandro Rubio told Fox News Digital. “The CHP was one of several law enforcement agencies who responded to the campus’ request for assistance. CHP assisted with arresting more