Pro-Palestinian demonstrators build encampment at UCLA

Students and non-student activists built an encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles on Thursday, erecting tents and barricades in a scene similar to one that unfolded on the campus of the University of Southern California on Wednesday and resulted in dozens of arrests. The demonstration in Dickson Plaza was promoted by the UCLA chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine and the activist group People’s City Council to denounce Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on …