Ryan, a student at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and pro-Palestine protester, told how police had – unprovoked – hit him with their batons as they cleared a peaceful Gaza solidarity encampment on the university’s campus.
“The school [would] rather physically intimidate their students … than even consider divestment, and that is what’s so frustrating. We didn’t do anything wrong,” Ryan told Al Jazeera.
“I received a [police] citation for unlawful assembly, and I’m proud of that,” he added.