Police arrested 13 pro-Hamas protesters after they broke into, occupied, and barricaded themselves in Stanford’s president’s office.
The students and alum claim they don’t belong to any official student group.
The group of 50 wore masks and kaffiyehs. They held a banner that said, “While Gaza bleeds Stanford stalls. Divest. Disclose. Amnesty.”
Liberate Stanford yelled on its Instagram account, “THE STUDENT INT1FADA IS GROWING.”
“Law enforcement has arrested 13 individuals, and the building has been cleared,” the university said in a statement. “A public safety officer was injured after being shoved by protesters who were interfering with a transport vehicle. There has been extensive damage to the interior of Building 10 and exterior of the buildings in the quad.”
The university says a public safety officer was injured after being shoved by protesters interfering with a transport vehicle.Building 10 has been secured, but there’s “extensive” damage to the interior and exterior of the building. It will be closed the rest of the day.According to the group Stanford for Palestine, university students and alumni locked themselves inside Saller’s office around 5:30 a.m. to protest Stanford’s response to pro-Palestinian protesters’ demands over the Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas.Stanford says that the arrested students have been suspended and if any were seniors they will not be allowed to graduate.”We are appalled that our students chose to take this action and we will work with law enforcement to ensure that they face the full consequences allowed by law,” the university said.
The occupation lasted around two hours.
“We have consistently emphasized the need for constructive engagement and peaceful protest when there is a disagreement in views,” added the university. “This was not peaceful protest and actions such as what occurred this morning have no place at Stanford.”
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