A man holds up a Palestinian flag as pro-Palestinian activists and students chant, surrounding piled barricades at an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University on April 29, 2024, in Washington, D.C || Photo: Kent Nishimura / Getty
Student demonstrators occupy the pro-Palestinian "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the South Lawn of Columbia University on April 29, 2024, in New York City || Photo: Timothy A. Clary / AFP
A state trooper pepper-sprays pro-Palestinian protesters after police vehicles were blocked at the University of Texas at Austin on April 29, 2024 || Photo: Aaron E. Martinez / Reuters
Pro-Palestinian protesters sit behind a line of Texas state troopers at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 29, 2024 || Photo: Suzanne Cordeiro / AFP
A demonstrator wears a protective mask as protesters gather at the gates of Columbia University in support of student protesters who barricaded themselves in Hamilton Hall, despite orders from university officials to disband or face suspension, in New York City on April 30, 2024 || David Dee Delgado / Reuters
Police officers use a vehicle named "The Bear" to enter an upper-floor window of Hamilton Hall, which was occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters, as other officers enter the campus of Columbia University, in New York City, on April 30, 2024 || Photo: Caitlin Ochs / Reuters
Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on May 2, 2024 || Photo: Ethan Swope / AP
Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the City College Of New York on April 30, 2024, in New York City || Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty