A massive law enforcement presence on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles Wednesday has ordered pro-Palestinian demonstrators to disperse, calling the encampment an unlawful assembly after violence erupted overnight.
Hostilities outside the encampment had been simmering since demonstrators took over Royce Quad last Thursday, setting up dozens of tents and surrounding themselves with metal fences and wood pallets.
Around 50 pro-Israeli counter-protesters, many of them dressed in black and wearing white masks, lobbed fireworks at those in the encampment and attempted to dismantle the barricades.
According to police, no arrests were made, and no force was used.
At around 5 p.m., Sky5 captured at least two dozen patrol vehicles parked on campus grounds very near the encampment. The footage also showed crowds of demonstrators locking arms in front of the path leading to the encampment.
Demonstrators were also seen reinforcing barricades, with law enforcement stationed on both sides of the encampment.
There are reports that police have ordered demonstrators in the encampment to disperse several times, though that has not been confirmed by law enforcement.