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Watch: Arizona State 'Frat Boys' Clear the Quad, Trash Anti-Israel Encampment

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A video that went viral online over the weekend showed what were alleged to be members of an Arizona State University fraternity dismantling an encampment that had been erected by anti-Israel protesters.

The video showed police officers standing by as several young men were recorded after dark at the school’s quad discarding tents, tarps and other items.

A woman who apparently documented the scene on her phone complained about the situation and also insulted police.

The video was shared early Saturday morning on the AZResist account on X, with the caption, “Happening now. [Arizona State] and the police are using frat boys to destroy the camp at Old Main. This is insane.”

“Look at these — we’ve got the white frat boys throwing away protesters’ belongings, and we’ve got the pigs in brown doing nothing about it,” the woman complained in the video.

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“We are being forced off campus,” she continued. “Pigs in brown.”

The fraternity of the men seen in the video was not identified.

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The demonstrators whose possessions were thrown into the garbage were widely mocked online:

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KTVK-TV in Phoenix reported that 69 pro-Palestinian agitators who had amassed on the school’s campus in Tempe on Friday were arrested early Saturday when their encampment was cleared by police.

Like many college campuses across the country, Arizona State has seen protests of Israel’s ongoing war against the Islamic terrorist group Hamas.

The university said in a statement to KTVK that encampments during protests are not permitted on school grounds and that more than 70 people had been taken into custody since the anti-Israel protests popped up late last week.

“ASU Police arrested 72 people for trespassing after they set up an unauthorized encampment Friday, in violation of university policy,” the school said. “Encampments are prohibited on Arizona State University property. Lawful demonstrations can take place except overnight between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.”

Arizona State said most of those who were arrested were not students. Only 15 of those taken in by police were enrolled in classes.

The school also said it that while respects the rights of people to express their freedom of speech, it will enforce its policies.

“While the university will continue to be an environment that embraces freedom of speech, ASU’s first priority is to create a safe and secure environment that supports teaching and learning,” the university said.


This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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