LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Reuters) - Three weeks after a mob attacked pro-Palestinian activists encamped at the University of California, Los Angeles, police have made their first arrest in the violence, a man they say was seen in video footage beating victims with a wooden pole.

The suspect, identified as Edan On, 18, was taken into custody on Thursday in the city of Beverly Hills and booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, the UCLA Police Department said in a statement on Friday.

The man, who police said had no affiliation with UCLA, was reported by local media to be a Beverly Hills High School student.

  • Nobody@lemmy.worldEnglish
    183·
    6 months ago

    The problem with peaceful protests is that they attract violent people who attack them. So, TPTB ban the peaceful protestors.

    What happens if a select few of the peaceful protestors happened to be armed in places where doing so publicly is legal? The peaceful protestors are protected from violence by a select few exercising their second amendment right to bear arms. Pretty hard to ban those peaceful protestors.

    • Acrimonious@lemmy.worldEnglish
      301·
      6 months ago

      The black Panthers tried that. Not saying it shouldn’t be done again but let’s learn from what happened to them.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
      4·
      6 months ago

      Pretty easy to start shooting at them with their rooftop snipers though.

      Don’t start a shooting war with the cops. It doesn’t help the movement for peace and you won’t win.