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U of M students join pro-Palestine protests
Students at the University of Minnesota joined the wave of pro-Palestine protests happening across the country.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - University of Minnesota (U of M) students are continuing a pro-Palestinian protest at a campus encampment mirroring multiple other demonstrations happening across the country.
Demonstrators say they want the U of M to "divest from all companies complicit in war crimes and human rights violations" during the ongoing Israel-Hamas War.
On Tuesday, a university spokesperson said the group was asked to disperse by 7 a.m., but nine people chose to stay and were arrested.
Last week, Rep. Ilhan Omar's daughter, a student at Columbia University, was among more than 100 demonstrators arrested at another pro-Palestine protest encampment.
In February, protesters were cited after they trespassed at the governor's temporary residence, according to Minnesota State Patrol troopers.
In December 2023, eight people were arrested following a protest at the Lowry Tunnel during rush-hour traffic.