Gaza protesters sue UCLA for civil rights violations after ‘brutal attack’ in 2024
by Sam Levin in Los Angeles from World news | The Guardian on (#6W2K9)
Over 30 demonstrators accuse campus officials and police of wrongful arrests and negligence during demonstrations
More than 30 pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) sued campus officials and several law enforcement agencies, alleging civil rights violations, wrongful arrests and excessive force during demonstrations last year.
A lawsuit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles superior court outlines the violence and significant injuries that UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment members experienced at the hands of police and counterprotesters from April to June of 2024.
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