Campus police officers from the University of Texas at Austin and state troopers in riot gear arrested on Monday dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters who had erected a small number of tents on a central mall of the state’s flagship university.
Greg Abbott who last week moved swiftly to stamp out a much larger gathering on campus, a crackdown that led to more than 50 arrests.
At least 40 people had been arrested so far on Monday, with officers forming a cordon around the encampment.
Around them, a large number of students and onlookers chanted in support of the protesters.
“No encampments will be allowed,” Mr. Abbott wrote in a statement after the arrests had begun.
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