Dozens of student protesters who took over a UC Santa Cruz administrative building after a systemwide tuition increase were removed Sunday morning when police officers in riot gear ordered them to exit the building or face arrest.
No arrests were made, and university officials said the operation concluded peacefully. But videos provided by some of the 70 or so protesters show a tense scene, with officers pushing their way through a wall of students chanting "We are peaceful, what about you?" to reach the entrance of Kerr Hall.
Anthropology Professor Mark Anderson suffered minor injuries after he was squeezed off a second-floor railing lining the path to the building, said protesters and media reports. No other injuries were reported.
On Thursday, protesters displaced about 150 workers from Kerr Hall and issued a list of demands to the university, which included freezing campus layoffs, rescinding a 15 percent cut on custodians' work hours and agreeing not to cooperate with immigration authorities investigating UC Santa Cruz students and workers. But negotiations with university officials broke down Saturday night.
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