The University of Texas at Austin Police Department said Wednesday evening that the dispersal order at the South Mall had ended.
As of 9 p.m. CT, 34 arrests were made by law enforcement on the UT Austin campus, according to an X post from the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Hours earlier, university police had warned students in an email that they faced more arrests if they didn’t disperse from the site.
Assistant Police Chief Ashley Griffin wrote in the email that protesters were violating the law and could be arrested for disorderly conduct, rioting, and obstructing a highway or other passageway, according to an email obtained by CNN.
Some context: The Palestine Solidarity Committee in Austin organized a walkout and occupation on the school’s South Lawn in Austin.
It led to multiple confrontations between police officers, state troopers “in full riot gear with batons” and the students, Amelia Kimball, associate managing editor at The Daily Texan, told CNN News Central.
“I don’t think students were expecting this kind of a response,” she said.
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