A protest at Emory University descended into chaos when Georgia police officers detained several people Thursday.
The video captured several students being approached by officers while they were “sprayed with tear gas” and shot with rubber bullets.
Other clips showed police pinning protesters to the ground while pinning their hands behind their backs.
Several officers took away a protester while she screamed and sang.
The students occupied the grass of the school yard and set up a solidarity camp with Gaza.
Protesters said they were “demanding complete institutional divestment from Israeli apartheid and Cop City at all Atlanta colleges and universities,” according to Fox 5.
Two officers are seen restraining a student at Emory University Thursday morning.
A female protester is seen being carried away by several officers while she screamed and chanted.
The video captured several students being approached by officers while they were “sprayed with tear gas” and shot with rubber bullets.
It is unclear how many protesters were arrested and whether they have been charged.
Another video showed several students handcuffed with zip ties while sitting next to a police transport vehicle on campus.
This is the latest campus protest to grip the United States in recent days in response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Over the past week, schools including Columbia University, Harvard, NYU and the University of Texas.
As police detained people, other protesters were heard chanting “Let them go!” Let them go!’
This is the latest campus protest to grip the US in recent days in response to the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Armed officers lined up in front of the cheering crowd and tried to get them to move.
“This was a non-violent movement, you interrupted us,” one protester told police.
A black and white banner was seen hanging from a tent reading: ‘DEFEND THE FOREST, STOP COP CITY.’
At the bottom of the banner it said: “END POLICE MILITARIZATION.”
One of the arrested students was heard asking someone if they could try to find her phone, while a protester next to her managed to hold up a sign that read “Victory for the Palestinian resistance.”
In a statement, Gregory L. Fenves, president of the university, said: Early this morning, several dozen protesters entered our Atlanta campus and camped out on the Quad.
‘These people are largely unaffiliated with Emory and were disrupting the university while our students finish their classes and prepare for final exams. This is completely unacceptable.”
A protester wearing a keffiyeh is seen pinned to the ground while officers put zip ties on his wrist.
Another protester is seen screaming as two Georgia State Patrol officers hold her arms. One of the officers (left) is seen holding a bundle of white zip ties.
ATL News First reporter Patrick Quinn said he counted “at least 15 people arrested,” including students, Emory University faculty and non-students.
An Emory doctoral student who witnessed the escalation of the protest told Quinn, “It makes me feel sad, but not just for Emory University, but for the state of America.”
‘What the hell is this? “It is freedom of expression,” added the student.
Another protester is seen screaming as two Georgia State Patrol officers held her arms. One of the agents held a bundle of white zip ties.