Students and community members filed a lawsuit against California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday for their alleged use of excessive force against protesters during the police sweep of the first Palestine solidarity encampment last May. Read more...

Photo: Police officers stand outside the first Palestine solidarity encampment. A group of protesters are suing CHP and LAPD for use of excessive force during the police sweep of the encampment. (Brandon Morquecho/Daily Bruin senior staff)

UCPD will be releasing cell phones it has held for nearly a year, which were confiscated after arrests made during last spring’s pro-Palestine protests. Police officers confiscated around 40 phones from people arrested at pro-Palestine protests in spring 2024 to be used as evidence in investigations for potential charges, said Cynthia Anderson-Barker, a civil rights attorney who advocated for phones to be returned to students. Read more...

Photo: The first Palestine solidarity encampment is pictured. People who were arrested at pro-Palestine protests last spring had their phones confiscated for the past year. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)