Local News More than 100 protesters arrested as police clear Emerson College encampment A crowd of people gathered Thursday morning outside Boston Municipal Court, where 108 protesters are scheduled to be arraigned.
Police move in to arrest pro-Palestinian supporters who were blocking the road after the Emerson College camp was cleared.
More than 100 people were arrested early Thursday after Boston police forcibly cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment Emerson College students built in a walkway next to the school’s downtown campus.
Boston police arrested a total of 108 people, department spokesperson Sgt. Det.
The Boston police and fire departments had reached out to warn Emerson that some of the protesters’ actions were in direct violation of city ordinances, they said.
Pro-Palestinian supporters and students from Emerson College block an alley where they had set up an encampment as police move in to clear it.
However, police scanner recordings posted on Broadcastify indicate at least two protesters went to hospitals, according to The Boston Globe. »
