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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Lois Beckett

Nearly all Gaza campus protests in the US have been peaceful, study finds

People sit and crouch around tents with trees and building in the background
Protesters at a pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia University in New York, on 26 April 2024. Photograph: Jimin Kim/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

An independent non-profit that tracks political violence and political protests around the world found that 97% of campus demonstrations over the war in Gaza that have taken place in the US since mid-April have been peaceful.

An analysis of 553 US campus demonstrations nationwide between 18 April and 3 May found that fewer than 20 resulted in any serious interpersonal violence or property damage, according to statistics from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled).

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