US EditionUCLA sued over attack on pro-Palestinian protesters
- A group of 32 plaintiffs, including students and faculty, sued the University of California, Los Angeles over a mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters in April 2024, alleging violations of civil rights amid police inaction.
- The plaintiffs accused UCLA officials and law enforcement of negligence for failing to protect them from violence, claiming injuries and trauma during the attack, as detailed in a 96-page complaint.
- The lawsuit seeks accountability for the violence against peaceful protesters and challenges UCLA's handling of the situation and ongoing free speech rights issues, according to plaintiffs and legal observers.
- In reaction to the protests, the Trump administration is supporting lawsuits concerning alleged anti-Semitism at UCLA and has initiated actions against pro-Palestinian students nationally.
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Pro-Palestinian Protesters Sue UCLA Over Gaza Clashes - American Faith
A group of over 30 pro-Palestinian agitators who set up a Gaza encampment at UCLA last April are suing the university, alleging their civil rights were violated during violent clashes with a pro-Israel counter-protest group. The lawsuit also claims wrongful arrest and excessive use of force by police. The encampment was part of a wave of pro-Palestinian protests at universities nationwide, many of which escalated into violence. Police were calle…
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UCLA Students Sue over Suppression of Gaza Protests, Violent Attack by Angry Mob Last Spring
Over 30 UCLA students who were brutalized last spring during Gaza solidarity protests have sued campus officials and law enforcement agencies. Students had set up a peaceful campus encampment demanding an end to UCLA’s financial ties with Israel’s war. But they were repeatedly targeted for abuse, including from outside groups, culminating in what they call a “brutal mob assault” on April 30. The live-streamed attacks on students and faculty were…
Pro-Palestinian Group Sues UCLA Over Handling of Demonstrations
LOS ANGELES — A group of 35 pro-Palestinian students, faculty members, legal observers, journalists and activists filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles, over its handling of last year’s demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war. The lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles comes days after the Trump administration joined a separate lawsuit filed in June against the university by Jewish students and a Jewish professor a…
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