Portland police clear protesters from PSU library
Portland police formed a perimeter Thursday, May 2, 2024, around the Portland State University library and then officers began clearing protesters from the building. People opposing Israel's war in Gaza took over the library Monday, leading to a standoff with police and university officials.
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Police detain and arrest a person who attempted to escape Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People chant as they watch law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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A person speaks to police as they clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People help someone who got pepper-sprayed in the face at the Portland State University campus on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Portland police formed a perimeter early in the morning around the school's library to remove people protesting Israel's role in the ongoing war in Gaza.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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A young person watches the events unfold law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People attempt to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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A person at the Blackstone Residence Hall talks with law enforcement as they begin to clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. Demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza have occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Police detain and arrest a person who attempted to escape Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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A person holds a sign outside Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People attempt to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People attempt to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Police confront protesters attempting to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People attempt to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Protesters stand across from police near Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. Demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza have occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Some protesters make a run from the library as they attempt to evade law enforcement clearing Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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PSU faculty link arms and chant as they watch law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams remove debris on Southwest Broadway to allow passage of a van carrying detained protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People attempt to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. Demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza have occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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People attempt to stop a white van carrying protesters detained by police at Portland State University's Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear items from outside Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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A protester sits in front of Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024, and plays a N.W.A. song titled “F**k tha Police,” as law enforcement announces they will be taking action. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Portland police carry a person away from the Portland State University library on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Police converged on the PSU campus and library early in the morning to clear protesters who'd occupied the library since Monday night.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Law enforcement teams clear protesters from Portland State University’s Branford Price Millar Library, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPB
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Portland police walk a person away from the Portland State University library on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Police converged on the PSU campus and library early in the morning to clear protesters who'd occupied the library since Monday night.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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Police gather outside the Branford P. Millar Library at Portland State University in Portland, Ore., Thursday, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the library since Monday evening.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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Portland police form a perimeter around the Portland State University campus on Thursday, May 2, 2024, as people converge on the area to object to the arrest of protesters occupying the school's library.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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A person helps another who got pepper-sprayed in the face at the Portland State University campus on Thursday, May 2, 2024. People protesting Israel's role in the war in Gaza had occupied the school library since Monday evening.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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Protesters place recycling bins on a street to block traffic near the Portland State University campus on Thursday, May 2, 2024.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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Protesters line up near corner of Southwest Harrison Street and Southwest Broadway in downtown Portland, Ore., on Thursday, May 2, 2024, to block the passage of a van carrying detained protesters.
Tiffany Camhi / OPB
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Protesters line up near corner of Southwest Harrison Street and Southwest Broadway in downtown Portland, Ore., on Thursday, May 2, 2024, to block the passage of a van carrying detained protesters.
Tiffany Camhi / OPB
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Protesters line up near corner of Southwest Montgomery Street and Southwest 10th Avenue in downtown Portland, Ore., on Thursday, May 2, 2024, to block the passage of a van carrying detained protesters.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
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Portland police form a perimeter around the Portland State University library on Thursday, May 2, 2024, while other officers clear protesters from the building. People opposing Israel's role in the ongoing war in Gaza took over the library Monday, leading to a standoff with police and university officials.
Conrad Wilson / OPB
