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Added on the 01/05/2024 16:31:32 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images of handcuffed students waiting on a sidewalk, while surrounded by police officers, on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus hours after hundreds of police cleared the pro-Palestine protest encampment. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protesters, including students and faculty members of Columbia University, gather outside the campus after police dismantled encampments. They denounce police action and shout slogans like "cops off campus" and "Minouche Shafik shame on you, you're arresting students too". IMAGES
Heavy police presence is seen on Broadway outside Columbia University's campus, raising fears of a clash with student protesters as administrators struggle to contain pro-Palestinian demonstrations. IMAGES
French riot police are positioned on the outskirts of rue Saint-Guillaume as the pro-Palestinian protest continues at elite Sciences Po university in Paris. Students blocked the main entrance to the campus, demanding "a clear condemnation of Israel's actions by Sciences Po". IMAGES
Following the violent attack on the US Capitol, federal officials launched the most extensive counterterrorism probe since September 11, 2001. Meanwhile, the heads of the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security--and the President himself--have remained essentially silent. But according to CNN, the Federal Bureau of Investigation means business. And FBI Director Christopher Wray doesn't mind saying so. Wray says the agency is monitoring 'extensive' online chatter about future protests and warned the men and women who wreaked havoc on the Capitol. We know who you are, if you're out there and FBI agents are coming to find you. Christopher Wray Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation The insurrection was fueled by President Donald Trump's lies about his definitive election loss. It also exposed the reach of baseless conspiracy theories that have radicalized Americans to the point that they laid siege to their own Capitol.