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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Gaza protesters sue UCLA for civil rights violations after ‘brutal attack’ in 2024

people in uniform detain person on ground
Law enforcement officers detain a protester at UCLA during a pro-Palestinian protest in Los Angeles, California, on 2 May 2024. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

More than 30 pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) sued campus officials and several law enforcement agencies, alleging civil rights violations, wrongful arrests and excessive force during demonstrations last year.

A lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles superior court outlines the violence and significant injuries that UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment members experienced at the hands of police and counterprotesters from April to June of 2024.

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