SEATTLE — Pro-Palestinian protesters staged a takeover on the University of Washington campus on Monday night, and 30 of them were arrested.
The group blocked off streets, set fire to dumpsters, and occupied the Interdisciplinary Engineering Building in protest to the war in Gaza as well as urging UW to cut ties with Boeing.
The protest was organized by the group Super U-Dub, and they say that Boeing spent 10 million dollars on the new engineering building and allege some of its use is connected to the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip.
Demonstrations began at 5 p.m. and by around 11:30 p.m., police began to remove and arrest some who refused to leave the engineering building.
About 30 people who occupied the building were arrested for trespassing, property destruction, disorderly conduct, and conspiracy to commit all three.
The charges will be referred to the King County Prosecutor’s Office. Any students identified as being involved will also be referred to the Student Conduct Office.
In a statement from UW, they told KIRO 7:
“The UW is committed to maintaining a secure learning and research environment, and strongly condemns this illegal building occupation and the antisemitic statement that was issued by a suspended student group Monday. The University will not be intimidated by this sort of offensive and destructive behavior and will continue to oppose antisemitism in all its forms.”
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