Nine individuals were arrested on Tuesday morning at the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus for setting up an encampment that violated school policy, according to a statement from the university.
The university's Department of Public Safety was alerted to the encampment near the Northrop Mall on the Twin Cities campus on Tuesday morning. Police arrived at approximately 6 am local time and informed the individuals at the encampment that they were breaching both University policy and state trespassing law.