Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass vowed Wednesday to prosecute pro-Israel vigilantes who attacked the unlawful “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in a single day.
In an announcement, Bass mentioned she wished these concerned within the violence held accountable, noting actions reportedly taken by each the vigilantes and the pro-Palestinian activists — although solely the vigilantes have been mentioned to use fireworks.
Mayor Bass mentioned:
This morning, I met in individual with LAPD, LASD, CHP, CalOES, UCPD and different regional companies at the UCLA incident command submit concerning the completely detestable violence on campus final evening. LAPD is supporting regional legislation enforcement on subsequent steps to guarantee our college students and campus are protected.
There should be a full investigation into what occurred on campus final evening. Those concerned in launching fireworks at different folks, spraying chemical substances and bodily assaulting others will probably be discovered, arrested, and prosecuted, in addition to anybody concerned in any type of violence or lawlessness.
I need to be certain that the message I delivered to legislation enforcement and different officers earlier in the present day is evident: Free speech will probably be protected. Violence and bigotry won’t.
I’ve spoken with Governor Newsom and need to thank him for his continued support.
Bass didn’t converse out towards the lawlessness and violence practiced by the residents of the encampment for almost per week, together with an assault on this journalist, and efforts to bar Jewish college students and others from entry to campus.
Newsom solely supplied his first touch upon the UCLA violence on Wednesday, having additionally maintained a silence for days whereas the pro-Palestinian activists assaulted journalists and obstructed college students, college, and the general public.
As Breitbart News reported, about 100 pro-Israel vigilantes attacked the barricades across the “encampment” — together with each the wood barricades erected by the activists, and the metal barricades apparently added by UCLA.
Los Angeles County prosecutor George Gascón is notoriously lax on violent crime. And Mayor Bass is preoccupied with the countless job of clearing encampments — not of activists, however of homeless folks, whose quantity is rising.
Update: UCLA Chancellor Gene Block can be vowing to self-discipline any college students concerned, and backing prosecution:
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block simply issued this assertion addressing the violence that occurred final evening https://t.co/0N1LV2Qoos pic.twitter.com/J2IaMYx5Ci
— Aaron Bandler (@bandlersbanter) May 1, 2024
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the creator of the current e-book, “The Zionist Conspiracy (and how to join it),” now obtainable on Audible. He can be the creator of the e-book, Neither Free nor Fair: The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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