Posted on 04/24/24
| News Source: FOX News
One hundred or more protesters gathered on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday to participate in an unruly anti-Israel demonstration.
The rowdy protests invited hundreds of onlookers, some of whom joined in on the anti-Israel chants on the school's South Lawn. UT Austin is one of many American universities where anti-Israel protests have intensified over recent days, as the Israeli military's war against Hamas continues in the Middle East.
The Austin Police Department (APD) and Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) were observed making arrests. Some officers monitored the protests on horseback.
APD, KKK, IDF / they're all the same," the group was heard chanting.
Protesters also chanted "Pigs go home!" at the Texas law enforcement officers on the scene. The keffiyeh-wearing protesters attempted to set up a few tents but were quickly thwarted by police.
The DPS later told Fox News Digital that it made more than 20 arrests. The department said that the arrests were made "in order to prevent any unlawful assembly and to support UT Police in maintaining the peace by arresting anyone engaging in any sort of criminal activity, including criminal trespass."
On X, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott denounced the protests as lawless and antisemitic.