“When protesters did not comply after numerous written and verbal requests, law enforcement stepped in at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Friday."Police in riot gear arrested dozens of anti-war demonstrators at the Auraria Campus on Friday, April 26, one day after the demonstrators set up an encampment on the Tivoli Quad in protest of university policies relating to Israel and the war in Gaza.
In an alert sent just before 12:30 p.m. on April 26, campus officials advised community members to avoid the Tivoli Quad “due to civil unrest.” Traffic routes into the downtown Denver campus — which houses the University of Colorado Denver, Community College of Denver, and Metropolitan State University of Denver — were shut down for several hours before reopening that afternoon.
“When protesters did not comply after numerous written and verbal requests, law enforcement stepped in at approximately 12:30 p.m. on Friday to remove the encampments/ Detainees are facing trespassing charges per the campus camping policy.”