Leave the area. These are scenes out of USC,
just one of the institutions where students were demonstrating,
forming encampments and getting arrested in support of the people
of Gaza.
Do you have anything you want to say?
Students and community leaders talk to us about what's fueling
these demonstrations at USC and across the country.
We're out here to encourage the students to continue to
fight back,
right? The students have always been at the core of
resistance movements.
We're really encouraging. So many students being out here right
now and saying we won't be complicit in genocide.
We won't let our institution be complicit in genocide.
Many students we spoke with did not want to appear
on camera out of fear of possible retaliation by the
university.
USC made national headlines last week after their decision to
cancel their valedictorians commencement speech because of security risks.
This decision came after some students and alumni's complaints about
their valedictorians pro Palestine stance on social media.
You have 10 minutes to leave the park.
If you do not leave the park,
you will be still next to.
So a dispersal order is the formal notification that has
to be given in order for people to know that
they have to leave an area.
The dispersal order was issued.
A number of students chose to leave campus,
but a number of them remain.
Many of them have linked arms right behind me.
Campus security and LAPD are starting to make their presence
known on campus at this point.
OK, so that circle we saw earlier,
it has shrunk significantly. Majority of the people have been
arrested in LAPD is getting ready to arrest more of
them in the circle.
At this time, there are at least 40 arrests.
LAPD has pushed individuals to the edge of campus.