Demonstrators arrested Monday, May 6 were carrying bolt-cutters, super glue, padlocks, heavy-duty chains and metal pipes, campus police said.

The Los Angeles mayor has criticized the university for lacking a better security plan, which led to the attack by a violent mob of counterprotesters on an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

About 50 officers formed a police line, made up mostly of bike officers, on one side of the 1900 block of F Street NW, where about 300 pro-Palestinian demonstrators linked arms.

D.C. police's early morning clash with protesters encamped on George Washington University was applauded by Republican lawmakers who pressured D.C.'s mayor for action.

Police have torn down tents and confiscated items as governor, attorney general praise their actions. Lawyer for group takes issue with “disproportionate response.”

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch riot police clashed with protesters at the University of Amsterdam on Wednesday, while scores of demonstrators at U.S. colleges were arrested overnight as the student-led protests against Israel's war in Gaza roiled more campuses on both sides of the Atlantic.

Pro-Palestinian protesters have spent the night occupying one of the locations of the University of Amsterdam (UvA), local media reported, a day after student protesters and police clashed in the Dutch capital.

Over 200 faculty have signed a letter expressing discontent at how the University at Buffalo has handled on-campus protests.

Police arrested more than 60 protesters Tuesday night at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Students and protesters gathered on the university’s south lawn to return to a previously cleared encampment and condemn the Israeli military for taking the Gazan side of Rafah Crossing.