Police have made their first arrest weeks after a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus was attacked by counterprotesters.
An 18-year-old, identified as Edan On and not affiliated with the school, was arrested for felony assault after videos showed him attacking a pro-Palestinian demonstrator with a wooden pole during the April 30 attack.
Driving the news: The attack involved instigators who engaged in violence, leading to at least 15 to 25 injuries according to different sources.
- CNN reported that On’s mother wrote in Hebrew on Facebook that On went to bully the Palestinian students at UCLA.
- Following the attack, a large police presence dismantled the encampment, and the police chief at UCLA has been reassigned pending an examination of security processes.
- An investigation involving victim and witness interviews, security camera footage, and publicly available videos from media outlets led to the arrest.
