Student protesters are still camped out on George Washington University’s campus on Friday, as protests over the Israel-Hamas war continue after both Georgetown University and GWU saw hundreds rally the day before.
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Students remain in encampment on GWU’s campus as Israel-Hamas war protests continue nationwide
Student protesters camped out on George Washington University’s campus Friday as demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war continued one day after both Georgetown University and GWU saw hundreds rally on their campuses.
By shortly before 4 p.m. Friday, The Hatchet, the GW student newspaper, reported much of the encampment had been abandoned by students. The university had said students faced disciplinary action.
Earlier, most protesters moved onto the street and surrounding area — taking their bags and tents with them — after university workers put up metal fencing around University Yard.
“I talked to one student who said that some of the students that were inside that area decided to move out of that area instead of risk arrest — they said they had scholarships and things like that so they didn’t want to be arrested,” Cooper said. “But some students have stayed inside that metal fencing.”
GWU alerted students at 7:39 a.m. that there was restricted access to the yard and that Kogan Plaza, the main campus plaza, was also closed. The GW Hatchet, a student newspaper, reported at 8:26 a.m. that only “protesters who are willing to risk arrest” remained in University Yard.
“There are some that are still inside that barrier, some are outside that barrier, they continue to chant,” Cooper observed Friday morning.
Chanting started up again at approximately 7 a.m. as a large presence of university and D.C. police enclosed the yard. An hour later, chants started focusing on the police presence as well as the Israel-Hamas war.
“D.C. police is on the perimeter, we’ve seen as many as several dozen officers hanging around here, now just a handful again,” Cooper reported. “So we’re not exactly sure if police are intending to move in and ask these students to move out, or move them out by force.”
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