Josh HaskellWeeks after clashes at a pro-Palestinian protest, UCLA's police chief has been reassigned and the chancellor is set to be grilled by Congress.Weeks after clashes broke out at a pro-Palestinian protest on UCLA's campus, the school police chief has been reassigned to other duties and the school chancellor is set to be grilled by Congress about antisemitism on campus.
to other, unspecified duties. The administration previously announced the creation of a new Office of Campus Safety to oversee the police department and campus security. "There's still a lot of trauma from the past couple of weeks, with the police raids and the violence against students," said UCLA student Adam Jacobsen. "There's a very palpable tension in the air."
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block is set to testify Thursday on Capitol Hill in front of the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Block will face tough questioning about antisemitism on campus and the school's response to the protests.