Pro-Palestinian protests at American universities spread to more schools, as authorities appeared to lose patience and police began a forceful counterattack. Agence France-Presse said. On April 25, local time, U.S. police used rubber bullets and tear gas to drive away student protesters at Emory University, and arrested dozens of students and at least two professors. A female professor was pushed to the ground and put in a mask. Take away in handcuffs. At many universities, images of fierce altercations between police and protesters, and of students and professors being violently dragged away by police, went viral in mainstream American media and social platforms. According to Bloomberg, at least 50 universities across the United States, from Ivy League schools to local state universities, have set up tents to support the people of Gaza. Hundreds of protesters have been arrested, but demonstrations continue to spread. A New York Times commentary article on April 26 stated that protests at at least 17 universities faced police intervention. During these events, students called for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, an end to U.S. military aid to Israel, and for their universities to divest from investments that fund Israel’s wars. At the same time, similar protests spread overseas. “Columbia University is first, University of Sydney is next,” this is an on-site slogan that appeared on the campus of the University of Sydney, Australia, in support of American universities. At Sciences Po in France, protesting students blocked the entrance to the campus building on April 26, demanding that the university, known as the “cradle of French politicians”, clarify its position on the Gaza war.

The New York Times reported on the 25th that since the Columbia University arrests set off a wave of opposition across the United States, more than 400 demonstrators have been detained by police on campuses across the United States. Reuters stated on the 26th that according to statistics from the media, nearly 550 people have been arrested during protests held on major university campuses in the United States. U.S. police said on the 27th that they arrested about 100 people during protests at Northeastern University.

On Thursday, police stormed the usually peaceful campus of Emory University in Atlanta and used what police later called “chemical irritants” to quell demonstrators, the New York Times reported, adding to the growing number of pro-Palestinian protests sweeping U.S. campuses. The latest conflict between movements. The Atlanta Police Department said officers were met with “violent resistance” while responding to the school’s call for help. On the same day, more than 20 Ohio State University students were arrested and charged with trespassing after they refused to leave a pro-Palestinian camp. On Wednesday night, Boston police arrested 108 protesters at Emerson College. Hours earlier, Los Angeles police arrested 93 protesters at the University of Southern California who refused to leave. On the same day, police entered the University of Texas at Austin and arrested 57 people.