Pro-Palestine protesters thrown out of CU Boulder classroom

An development involving pro-Palestine protesters who disrupted a University of Colorado Boulder classroom this week and were physically removed by two men is now being investigated by campus police CU administrators explained Thursday Participant advocacy group Buffs Palestine posted edited video of the altercation on social media writing that it revealed two students violently assaulted by a CU Boulder professor The video shows a person walking toward the front of a classroom before cutting to that person being dragged out of the room by two men A different clip shows another person being grabbed and dragged by their keffiyeh a traditional Arab headdress by one of the men CU Boulder leaders posted a report online that noted the class on Wednesday was interrupted by unidentified individuals who were repeatedly reported to leave by an instructor and then removed from the classroom Nicole Mueksch a CU Boulder spokesperson would not say whether the instructor was one of the people involved in removing the pupil protestors The university s comment describes a second individual seen on the video removing people from the class and notes that person was not an employee or a participant Mueksch stated that individual was serving as a mentor for the class The two pro-Palestine demonstrators were students interrupting a class called Designing for Defense to protest its connection to the U S Department of Defense and establishment encouragement of the Israeli military s bombardment of Gaza according to Buffs Palestine s post on Instagram CU Boulder condemns acts of violence and does not tolerate classroom disruptions both of which violate state law and university policies the university commented in its comment Campus police are reviewing the circumstance and will vigorously pursue charges or other action CU Boulder agents mentioned Related Articles Trump administration revokes visas for at least international students at Colorado colleges Colorado business leaders suffer big loss of confidence in Colorado Mesa University president finds white supremacist s views vile but defends his right to speak on campus CU Boulder s Radio is back and it has the power to reach million listeners Mother of CU aspirant identified dead in Boulder Canyon says she was missing a shoe There was a struggle Universities across Colorado and the U S have been flashpoints for conflict between students protesters police and campus authorities over the ongoing Israel-Hamas war More than Palestinians have been killed since the war started in October after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel killing roughly people and taking hostages the majority of whom have since been circulated in ceasefire and other agreements Israel has rescued eight living hostages and has recovered dozens of bodies At least Palestinians were killed by Israeli airstrikes on Thursday including children and five women sheltering in a school in Gaza City according to Palestinian therapeutic functionaries The Associated Press contributed to this review Get more Colorado news by signing up for our Mile High Roundup email newsletter