Although the UCLA protest on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, turned violent when pro-Israel counter-demonstrators attacked the protesters (see story here), while police waited more than two hours to intervene (see story here), this photo has nothing to do with that. It’s what the police did to the student encampment in predawn darkness two days later (see story here).
As university administrators, pressured by pro-Israel politicians, toughen their stance against campus protests and call on police to remove protesters’ tent encampments, police are getting more aggressive, and most of the violence is now by the police against protesters.