The president of the University of Chicago said on Friday that the pro-Palestinian encampment on his campus’s quad “cannot continue,” a position that was being closely watched in higher education because the university has long held itself up as a national model for free expression.
But President Paul Alivisatos said on Friday that those protections were not absolute, and that the encampment had run afoul of university policies.
“Without an agreement to end the encampment, we have reached that point.”In the hours after his announcement, hundreds of protesters remained at the encampment, where they chanted and held signs as counterprotesters gathered nearby.
At one point, some pro-Palestinian demonstrators and counterprotesters briefly fought one another.
By early afternoon, more police officers, both from the university and the city, were visible near the quad.
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