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iHeartRadio app. We're monitoring what is happening right now at UCLA. In fact,
let's go to what KTLA is saying right now. They're on scene that
encampment. Micah Share Now, John, you know last week when we were
recovering USC we were able to see the turnover of those protesters to police,
and that was very peaceful, in fact, one by one that they handed
themselves over and were arrested peacefully. There are and there have been reports,
however, that this encampment here at UCLA, in the roy Squad that today
they have requested supplies to the tune of gas masks as well as mace and
other supplies and flashlights and the sort of protection. Have you heard of things
of that sort that they have been asked for that kind of protection. You
know, we've also known that since yesterday they've been asked to disperse and that
they have not yet disbanded this encampment here and have defied those orders for over
twenty four hours now. So Your question is have they asked for supplies and
why are they still hearing? What are the police doing about it? I
think that's what you're saying. Short answer is, yes, they have asked
for supplies. They've asked for first aid supplies, they've asked for food,
water, and other refreshments. And we've been able to get a glimpse inside
the encampment. You can't look for very long because some of the demonstrators there
they will find a bright light to try to prevent you from seeing inside.
But we can see people inside wearing respirator masks like the ones that people were
wearing during the height of the COVID nineteen pandemic, also wearing hard hats.
Of course, this is all following the unrest that unfolded here last night,
the violence that erupted here. As to the police, well right now they've
given that dispersal order, they've told people to go. But what's different about
this entire situation than what happened last week at USC And yes, those protesters
were arrested peacefully, but they were unable to establish an encampment like the one
you see here at UCLA. This encampment, again is estimated to have upwards
of a thousand people in it, plus the thousand people beyond the encampment outside
of these barricades, where police have established a skirmish line. A totally different
situation. Those people at USC locked arms and some cases surrendered, and right
now the opposite is occurring. People inside the encampment are refusing to leave,
and these demonstrators are out here chanting for them. Some of their chants say
free Palestine. Some of them say from the river to to see, which,
of course, we know makes many Jewish students feel unsafe here on campus.
They believe that is very anti Semitics. Others say they just want to
see an end to the war in Gaza. They want Israel's bombardment to stop
and the killing of so many civilians to end. So a lot of message,
different messages, but all in all very similar. The takeaway here the
crew line is that these demonstrators say they're not leaving at USC. They did
leave, in some cases volunteer to be arrested. You're Michael Aaron. Let's
get your updates that you have on UCLA please hi. Yeah. So,
around twenty CHP officers are standing in line a few meters away from the camp
barrier, and the Daily Bruin, which is the student run newspaper, is
saying that this is the closest line officers have formed tonight. A medic in
the camp also reportedly said LAPD told medical staff in the area to be prepared
by one am m And about a half hour ago, masked and unidentifiable individuals
were coming in through the back of Portola Plaza and the protesters at the plaza
were saying shame. It's unclear who these people were and what their affiliation is,
whether they're protesters, counter protesters, people affiliated with the university or not.
And that's what the Daily Bruin is given us right now. Thank you
for that erin. Unfortunately, this is kind of the manifestation of my personal
fears and concerns when they had the original order of dispersal, which was around
five o'clock or so, me personally, I was hoping that whatever was going
to happen would have happened soon thereafter, if only because in the intervening five
hours or so, it's become apparent that hundreds and hundreds of people have arrived
on scene, even though they may be outside the encampment. They were on
campus. If you see KTLA's coverage, they have their eye in the sky
and you can see it looks like the only way I can describe it,
it looks like a presidential inauguration where you look at the ball and you see
the thousands of people on them all. That's what it looks like. There
are literally thousands and thousands of people on that campus. Saying nothing of the
law enforcement presence who has been charged with maintaining order and control if and when
LAPD should move in to clear that encampment. It is a massive undertaking.
The encampment I would say, just from what I could see was maybe if
you talk in terms of tents, it's maybe ten by twenty as far as
number of tents ten across and maybe twenty rows back. You heard in KTLA's
reporting, it was a massive encampment. I don't think that even did it
complete justice as far as how large it was. It's one thing to talk
about it, but it's another thing to see how many people, just from
the sense of protesters who are in that encampment, who presumably would be cleared
out in the near future, saying nothing of all the people who are on
campus and you can tell most of these people are not students just looking at
them. They have no connection to UCLA whatsoever. And KTLA is showing right
now LAPD and LA County Sheriff walking in with zip ties seemingly getting closer and
closer to their next maneuver. That's how I'll characterize it as far as what
they're going to do in the coming hours. So we're going to continue to
watch this. We'll see if we can check in with Chris Adler, who
was my words, still stuck on scene there. She was trying to leave
and could not leave. Earlier, we had checked in with kfi's owned Michael
Monks a few moments ago. We'll try to check in with Chris Adler when
we come back and get more on the latest as it is happening on the
campus of UCLA. Don't go anywhere. We'll have everything for you. It's
KFI AM six forty. I'm O Kelly. We're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio
app. You're listening to Later with Mo Kelly on demand from KFI AM six
forty. Mo Kelly here as we continue to follow what is happening on the
campus of UCLA. Just checking in with KTLA and their coverage. Correct,
this is looking we're looking from the east to the west, so no,
it's actually it's actually facing those steps where the La County shares were at on
this line here earlier. So they quickly moved those sets apply WITHOO there to
make a fence there when those officers or those deputies were over there in that
area. But they have since Budan. All right, we remain on scene
and over the scene. Okay, we'll continue to follow that. Something I
noticed last segment. I was talking about the visuals of thousands of people on
UCLA's campus, and I want to connect it back to what we were discussing
earlier with Tiffany Hobbs, who was still with us. Tiffany was telling us
how these agitator organizations had put out this all call for people to a mass,
not only on the UCLA's campus, but around southern California and actually around
the nation on different campuses, to rise up, escalate, agitate my words,
and so forth. We are now, I can say confidently, we
are now seeing the results of that. Are we not, Tiffany? We
are MOE. And you said earlier that there were thousands of people there thousands,
and that's no luck, that's not happenstance, that's completely organized on this
May first May Day. So what I saw, what I've been seeing on
social media is more and more groups, many that are just they may have
five followers, they may have five thousand followers, five hundred thousand, But
more and more organizations you can find are reposting, sharing this flyer that is
saying go to UCLA, make it to UCLA, protect, defend all of
this language that then riles up people, gives people a purpose and sends them
to the campus of UCLA or whatever institution they want to embark on. And
again you can't filter out who is expecting to be peaceful or planning to be
peaceful and calm and who isn't. So you're getting thousands of people they're at
UCLA as we can see, many of whom, again have no direct ties
to the university as well. I saw a flyer that has been circulating on
social media that is asking that UCLA faculty call off of work in solidarity tomorrow.
So they're asking faculty to essentially not cross the protest lines by showing up
to work tomorrow as an organized show of protests to not go to work.
That's again circulating amongst many different organizations online instigating. Clearly, let's go to
kfi's own Chris Adler, who is on scene at UCLA. She's been for
a number of hours at this point. Chris, what do you see?
What do you hear? Okay? Hey Mo, can you hear me?
Yes? I hear yes, Okay. Sorry, We've got chanting and shouting
from all directions here. So right now I'm standing in front of a line
of HP officers that are facing the camps with the pro Palestinian protesters who are
waving Palestinian flags and shining class flights out in their eyes and in my eyes
and anyone's eyes that are out here now. DCCHP officers have helpt. They've
got lesliego round weapons, and they've got they've got gas around their thighs,
So they are prepared for something tonight. And I do believe that they are
preparing to move in at some point. The only thing is we just don't
know exactly what time. But I would bet on them moving in to break
up this camp tonight. These protesters have not let up in the camp.
How they have not let up on outside, so there's a barrier. So
there's the camp and then there's a big grass area where all of the police
are, and then on the other side there's another sense that's separating the public.
And we've got probably two to three hundred people lined up pro Palestinian supporters
that are supporting this camp, that are supporting these protesters, and we've got
about two hundred police officers, HP and LAPD still lined up. Just they've
created a wall. They've created a wall near the camp. They've created a
wall near those protests on the outside. So right now we have had helicopters
above us the entire time. I have not seen the helicopters let up.
If one leaves, another one come. So it's it's a very highly anticipated
moment. Everybody's watching and waiting for something to happen. And the way that
the police officers and CHP are organized here, it looks like they are going
to move in, but again, well we just don't know when that's going
to happen. They may be waiting for the choppers to go away, they
may be waiting for media to die down, they may be waiting for these
outside protesters to go to go away. You know. I thought, well,
if they're going to move in, why would they do it at night?
Isn't that kind of a disadvantage for them? But right talking, I
was talking to somebody and they said, no, they might want to do
that because they know that the protesters are more subdued. They're sleeping, and
we don't We don't know if they're going to come and I would highly doubt
that they're going to come in through the area where there's several barricades. I
would imagine that they would be using another entrance that we are unaware of.
They seem to be very organized. We watched these officers come out of buildings.
We didn't know that they were in there, and we just saw dozens
of them come out in tactical gear. So they had been organizing and they
had a plan all along. It seems from what you can see and what
you have seen, is there any measurable counter protester contingent pro Israel, I
haven't seen it. If it's out there, I have not seen it.
I thought earlier today, but I don't see it now. And there's a
sea of pro Palestinian protesters on either side of me. I have not seen
and I'm sorry an Israeli flag. I have not seen an Israeli supporter,
as you know. Basically right now at this time, I haven't seen it.
MO. I asked you this earlier, and I'm going to ask you
this again because a lot of time has passed in between. Has the university
sent out any official message to the media or to the protesters in this moment
or have they been radio silence. I don't want to say that they've been
radio silent because I am not aware. If they have done something out,
I have not been made aware of it. They have been silent for the
most part. I've tried several times to reach out to UCLA, but we're
not you know, I've been all over social media. I've been scouring,
and I haven't seen anything put out police. Of course, you know,
they won't they won't talk. They're just here and they're just standing and in
order and doing what they are planning to do. But no, I haven't
heard anything from UCLA. But it looks like from this organization from the police,
there is obviously some kind of coordination that the university has has has coordinated
with the police, because they're here and it's very they're very organized, so
it looks like there were some behind the scenes discussions of the plan if these
protesters didn't break up as ordered by the university. I wonder you mentioned law
enforcement and also how protesters have been trying to antagonize law enforcement through use of
flashlights and also channing slogans. To the best of your knowledge, has law
enforcement been able to be disciplined and not re engage or respond to the protesters.
They have not. They've been very orderly, very professional, standing guard
Some of them have been standing out here for hours like I've been. They've
been just standing here and just watching, you know, very very very orderly.
They have not engaged. And right now I'm standing between the camp where
they're hammering. They're hammering right now. I don't know if you can hear
it. They're hammering on the plywood. They've got power tools back there where
they've reinforced this plywood. I'm standing between the camp and between HP a line
of CHP officers right now. They are just watching and these protesters at times
have taunted them, have verbally shouted verbal a faults at them, and just
kind of you know, obscenities, saying shame on you, lap D.
Shame on you. You guys should have been here yesterday. You were here.
So they've been shouting at them and shining lights in their faces, but
police have not reacted. They've just stood their grounds. Have you seen well,
we know that the protesters, at least outside the encampment, they've shown
that they have gas masks. They are ready for this moment. Have you
seen any weapons or any type of objects which may be used as weapons.
We know that last night there were fireworks employed. Have you seen anything similar
to that? I have not. I have not, But within the camp
they seem to have been able to get a lot of different supplies. They've
got power tools in there. We know right now something's going on over here.
There's there's a there seems to be a side protest on the side of
the building outside of the camp. It looks like it's getting pretty rowdy over
here with polife. I'm not sure what's going on because we can't get out
there, but there's a lot of shouting right now, a lot of lights
in this area. Looks like there's a lot of CHP officers in this corner,
the corner of this this encampment. Mow and you can hear them.
They're shouting and they're cheering right now. Oh, okay, they're just they're
just they're getting rowdy. They're getting they're rallying right now and getting very rowdy.
It's getting very loud. So I'm watching I'm watching police right now.
They're kind of kirking up a little bit and looking all So there's definitely something
going on in that area. I don't know if it's they're just cheering,
doesn't look like it's getting physical at this time. I was speaking to Michael
Monks not too long ago when I was asking him about freedom of movement,
as all media in one place or do you have the autonomy to move around
and engage some of the protesters. So right now where I'm at, I'm
inside with the police officers and I'm barricaded. I'm barricaded from the camp.
I can I can shout and speak to the protesters inside of the camp.
I can talk to the officers, and I can engage with the protesters that
are on that are on the upper side of the metal sense, that are
in the public. But they will not let us in. They will not
let us out. You can't get in or get out right now. It's
on the lockdown. Campus. Security that's here said that we can't go in
and we can't go out, that they've been given orders by l a p
D. But I asked l A p D. L a PD said they
did not give those orders. So, uh, you know, so I'm
still here both. I'm still here in the thick of it. But yeah,
but I have I have to rerain here to speak to anybody I can
shout to these protesters there. There are protesters in the camp right now that
are that are peeking over. They're picking over the camp, they're peeking over
the plywoods. They're looking at the officers, they're looking at everybody here on
site. So I could talk to them. Theoretically, they may not want
to talk back. Like I said, they have not been very friendly with
the media. Well, all I can say is continue to be safe,
continue to do a fantastic job of bringing us what is happening on the ground.
And I'm quite sure if it's not me, it'll be Tim Conway Junior
checking in with you as the night progresses, because I have a sneaking suspicion
that you're not is not going to be over anytime soon. I don't think
so, I don't see that happening both, So well, until we talk
again, be safe, all right, all right, thank you, I'll
talk to you. All right. It's Camp I AM six forty. I'm
O Kelly. As we continue to cover what is happening at UCLA, law
enforcement presence seems to be getting ready to make their next maneuver. We can't
say exactly what that is because we just don't know, but tensions are heightened.
People are in anticipation of something that's going to happen. You have students,
you have protesters, you have onlookers. There are thousands of people who
have either descended onto UCLA's campus or we're already there the tent encampment city.
My phrase is huge number. That what I've heard, as many as one
thousand people. So we will continue to follow this and give it to you
as it happens, but keep it right here. You won't miss a thing.
You're listening to later with Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty,
and we're continuing to follow the protests and also the law enforcement response at
UCLA, and just something that I could glean from watching some of the television
news coverage. This is not going to be a simple or even a smooth
removal of the encampment, if only because they have these metal barriers around the
encampment, which is going to be an obstacle. And they also have these
plywood eight by eight feet by four feet barriers which have been put up which
obscure the view of the protesters and also is going to make it more difficult
to get to them. In fact, I want to go to KTLA right
now. There seems to be law enforcement movement at the moment. See the
officers exited Haines Hall. This new crush of cops here adding to the skirmish
line that already exists here on the east side of the lawn east of this
encampment here on the campus of UCLA. And that's really gotten some of these
really gotten some of these demonstrators who have surrounded this new barricade has really gotten
them kind of agitated. You can hear them chanting, shame on you.
They're saying that to the police right now. They're chanting shame on you.
As more officers arrive to essentially reinforce strengthen the skirmish line, which is already
pretty thick sheer Michaeh John, have you had a chance to talk to any
of the protesters tonight, in the face of the law enforcement presence, in
the face of the order to disperse, what are their intentions to remain until
they're arrested? Michael. We did speak with some protesters earlier today, and
you know, of the ones we spoke to, most say that they aren't
going anywhere now. If you're hard pressed to get anyone from inside the encampment
to talk to you, especially after dark, they're all pretty unified and not
speaking to the press. However, we did speak with some of them earlier
today and they say they are determined to stay. So that means it's totally
a matter of time until law enforcement have to make good on their orders to
come in and forcibly remove people. Now, we just saw this new line
of police officers move in here to add to the skirmish line, and right
now they do not seem to be acting with a ton of urgency despite coming
out information and getting in line here strength strengthening the skirmish line. But there
are certainly a lot of police officers, many more than there were just a
few moments ago, Kui, can you pan the camera almost do sort of
like one. Okay, we'll continue to monitor that and to recap. There
are more police who have joined what it's called the skirmish line, lining up,
not necessarily with any sense of urgency, but clearly preparing to move forward,
seemingly in the somewhat near future. Aaron from the newsroom also has an
update. Aerin, Hh, yeah, so we saw smoke of some sort
go off. Unclear what it was, but you are seeing a lot of
officers move in. But the Daily Bruin also said that one of the associate
professors of political science is that he says that there are professors inside the camp
and they are ready to be arrested alongside students who have done nothing but talk
about genocide and talking about peace in Palestine. So that's what they're saying on
the Daily Bruin. You may not know this, but if you happen to
know this, please let me know. Whereas we know that Columbia was explicit
in the sense of people who did not leave, people who did not vacate
the encampment, they would be suspended and also expelled. I have not seen
or read that's the same threat being levied at these protesters. And since you
also say that professors have joined this protest, I wonder how they will be
handled by the university as well. Have you seen anything in your news gathering
which speaks to how these students, who those who are students will be handled
if and when they're arrested. I have not. I have not seen the
same language use used by USC and other universities, nothing about being expelled.
But I have seen that it is an unlawful gathering and then they are moving
around. And also this associate professor who was commenting to the Daily Bruin faculty
member for the of Faculty for Justice in Palestine, So that must be one
of the groups that's organizing with the camp. But I have not seen a
lot from the university on how they're responding, mostly just that classes were canceled
today and things are moving remote tomorrow and Friday. Okay, thank you,
Aaron, and also Tiffany Hobbes, you have hit me with a message saying
you have some updates as well. Sure. So, I've been looking at
images at UCLA via Reuters and via other accounts, and one account the People's
City Council LA, which considers itself to be an anti capitalist, anti imperialistic
organization. They are there as well. They have posted pictures of Royce Hall
covered in pro Palestine graffiti. So there are palettes, there are multiple phrases
and slogans spray painted on the out outside of this historic building at UCLA,
and uh, I'm sorry. Actual vandalism, which we usual vandalism, actual
vandalism, not artwork. No, this is vandalism for the purpose of vandalizing.
And also I saw the officers moving up to the encampment at the entrance
of the encampment and there is video of the officers getting right to the entrance
of the encampment and a line of protesters it looks to be about one hundred
people, can't say if they're students or otherwise. There. Once the officers
got within touching or reaching distance, these people, these protesters all either kneel
down or sat down. They kind of just dropped out a view and the
officers paused. So what's being said online is that that's a strategy to get
the officers to stop, and it looked like it worked at that point.
And those online are saying that they are holding the line they are holding the
line. I want to check back in with KTLA. It's what I can
see that LAPD has a relaxed presence that they don't seem as if they're eminently
going to do something with checking with KTLA. Of the command posts, as
I come out wide, you see the parking lot. They're at the federal
building here. As I tilt down, you can see the sheriffs head command
posts set up here, a large command post vehicle here, and then the
rest of the sheriffs in this area. But I was mentioning that the sheriff's
buses, they are lined up here on the south side. There's about eight
or nine of them lined up here, ready to move when they need them
to. So again the Sheriff's department set up here ready to move in if
they need those buses to make any arrests. And again this is the entire
command post that you see in a white shot. There's the four or five
freeway, but the California High Patrol has many vehicles stationed here at this point.
So the indication is that the number of long enform we see is not
necessarily the number of law enforcement that is in place on the scene here it
appears as though there are potentially many hundreds more law enforcement. Let's check you
with's own Michael Monks, who is on scene. Still, Michael, what's
going on? I'll tell you what has changed in this scene here is as
we talked earlier, there's, of course the large encampment, but there's this
swelling protests in the perimeter of it, and it's getting loud and rowdy.
But it a cascaded to a series of booze when suddenly dozens of police officers
poured out of two buildings and are now forming a what appears to be a
protective wall, which may indicate that some further action is to be taking place
beyond this site. My suspicion would be that these officers just lined up around
this secondary protest in case something goes down at the nucleus where the encampment is
and people start to make a rush towards that area. So this scene has
shifted here, and as we talked earlier, there's just a sense of anticipation
and waiting for whatever spark to ignite whatever is going to go down here.
It felt like we took a step closer to that just moments ago. I
hear people chanting. Am I hearing protesters or people who have come to the
encampment in anticipation these I am here the protesters outside the encampment who are now
not only blocked off by fencing, but now this row of police officers who
just poured out very dramatic scene out of these buildings to line up. I
don't know what, of course, I'm not in the law enforcement, so
I don't know what the cue was for that or what's coming after it,
but it's certainly caught everybody's attention because it shifted the scene here dramatically. And
so we're surrounded by a significant group of secondary protesters who have come here to
show their support for Palestine based on their clothing and their chain. But the
encampment is about, you know, fifty yards away from this. This is
sort of a secondary protest, but it's quite large in its own right,
hundred's deep, probably five hundred, six hundred people lined up here, and
now this wall of police officers dividing that group from reaching the encampment. Should
any type of movement be made, is there any type of public information officer,
anyone from LAPD or law enforcement who was giving any type of information or
offering that there might be a media update, or is it just complete silence
from them. I don't want to say that it's silence. We do not
have like a media staged area, or you might be able to go and
get some information on the fly. So you've been talking to Chris Handler all
evening. I've not even seen her yet. We can't get to each other
based on conditions here, so we've been trying. I've been trying to relieve
her and we've not physical contact. We've been communicating via text messages and obviously
monitoring each other's reports, but she is where I can't get and she can't
get. I'm mostly with the secondary protest that has swelled to be a pretty
significant number of folks. Frankly, this secondary protest here at UCLA is larger
than the protest eye witnessed last week at usc and its entirety. The UCLA
protesters, whichever group that you are nearest to, have they tried to engage
you or other members of the media. Is there a message that they're trying
to convey to the larger public outside of chanty to the masses, note mostly
just the chanting and a lot of similar responses when you talk to them individually
about what their positions are. The group here who form the core of the
student protest movement on USC's campus, have listed their demands of this university,
which includes what they characterize as divestment from military connections and Israel itself and those
sorts of things. Mostly, it's just they are calling for an end to
what they see as a genocide in Gaza and for a ceasefire in that war
between Israel and Hamas. It's one thing to hear it is another thing to
see it, but I can't feel it. How would you characterize the level
of tension. There's anticipation, but that doesn't mean that there is an expectation
of something getting out of hand. How would you describe the feeling of the
moment where you are, Like I noted just moments ago, when those police
officers came pouring out of these buildings, it shifted the sense a little bit.
We talked earlier and there was a sense of anticipation. Then it's only
grown. I think the violence here last night has put a lot of ideas
into people's minds about what could be possible here, and with word that law
enforcement has told this encampment that it's time to get rid of this thing this
it's time to disperse and clear this campus of this protest. How are they
going to do that? What does that look like? And so I think
the anticipation is probably centered around a lot of our imagination right now. Whether
you're deeply involved in this protest movement, whether you're an observer who came from
off campus, or whether you're a journalist who is covering this thing today,
what's going to happen next is the question on everyone's mind, and that naturally
creates a heightened sense of anticipation. So nothing violent right now, just a
lot of concern and anticipation. Since you said you haven't been able to get
to Chris Adler, I'm going to have to ask you a question that I
asked her, just in case that you may have information that she did not
have. Has there been any type of communication from the university. Have they
sent out any message to the best of your knowledge, saying what is going
to happen to protesters if they are arrested, If they're students and they're trying
to graduate and they're also participating in this protest, you know, of anything
of where the university university stands at this point, not on that key point,
but what I have been told, as you know back channel, is
that the university administration is I think I want to be careful how I characterize
this. Obviously, law enforcement will be in charge of how any action takes
place here, but I think in order to instigate the action, the university
is in a strong position to determine whether anything like that moves forward, and
so that's probably where their focus is right now. I know earlier in the
day there were interactions between law enforcement and students involved in the protest about what
the consequences might be for participating in this, but that's also been one of
the demands of the protests groups, is that there should be amnesty for folks
who have brought this scene to campus. Am I still with you? Looks
like we lost MO for a moment. I do have an update to Michael
if I can ask you, there's been a report this is tiffical. Hey,
Tiffany, here's got here? He is. Yeah, I'm sorry,
I just have a little technical glitch there. Michael wants you to continue to
be safe. You're doing a wonderful job. I know, like I told
Tiffany, your night is not about to be over anytime soon, So pace
yourself. We'll bring it as it comes. Mo ca If I AM six
forty, we're live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app. You're listening to Later with
Moe Kelly on demand from KFI AM six forty. Mo Kelly with you until
the top of the hour. As we continue to follow what is happening at
UCLA, and I think in my last conversation with Michael Monks he characterized it
perfectly. There's seems to be anticipation of something which is going to happen.
There are thousands of people, no exaggeration, thousands of people who are not
in the encampment, and it's estimated that a thousand people or so are within
the encampment. I can't estimate how many law enforcement officers are on scene,
but I do know that LAPD has the most officers there. There's also CHP,
there's Beverly Hills PD, Santa Monica PD that I've been told, and
possibly even Culver CITYPD. This anticipation is growing by the hour. More and
more people are finding their way onto campus. No violence has transpired as of
yet from what I know, there has been a report or two of vandalism
on Royce Hall. There was even a report of someone scaling the side of
Power Library, but nothing substantial from what I know at this point, has
happened. Tiffany Hobbs, you may have some other information. That is the
information that I have mode that the Powell Library has been scaled. So multiple
people have spotted this person on top of Powell Library, and right now the
person is just waving a Palestinian flag. There doesn't seem to be any real
disturbance or urgency to get this person down, but they are there. And
police have also been said to be entering a building on campus and all of
their swat gear or all of their tactical gear. So it is continuing to
escalate. And I imagine someone on the roof is a really bad sign because
that means that something somewhere was breached. We are monitoring different news sources.
We have obviously two Cafe reporters on scene. But I wonder, Tiffany,
and this is a question for basically anybody in the newsroom or who's producing tonight,
whether we know that any of this has spilled over to USC or other
campuses because we know of this concentrated law enforce law enforcement presidence on this one
campus. Even though LAPD may be under tactical alert, we know that a
lot of resources have been committed to this one particular location. And when we
talk about outside agitators, some may look at this as an opportunity elsewhere.
Have you seen anything of anything jumping off on other campuses specifically at this moment,
not to this extent. There are small groups who could be considered encampments
on cal State LA's campus, cal State Northridge's campus, and again USC has
an encampment and they are refusing to move to the space designated by the university
president as a a space for them to enact their protesting rights. So things
are calm. I think all eyes are on UCLA to see how this plays
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