Campus police officers confer on Wednesday while posting yards from a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Five days before pro-Israeli counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian camp at UCLA, the university Police Department asked other campuses for additional police, according to the head of the UC police officers union. Law enforcement sources said there were only a handful of UCLA officers on duty at the time, and they were quickly overwhelmed. It's not clear how many more officers UCLA would have received or whether the additions would have been enough to prevent Tuesday's violence. But on Tuesday, hours before the camp was attacked, UCLA declared the gathering "unlawful."

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2024 05:10 UTC