Police arrested Green Party candidate Jill Stein on Saturday during a Gaza war protest at Washington University in St. Louis.
"Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, campaign manager Jason Call, and deputy campaign manager Kelly Merrill-Cayer were arrested alongside approximately 100 others –– mostly Washington University students –– at an encampment set up on Saturday on the university grounds," Stein's campaign tweeted.
"The demand from the encampment was specifically for the university to divest from Boeing, which manufactures munitions used in the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza at their nearby St. Charles [Missouri] facility. The Stein campaign supports the demands of the students and their peaceful protest and assembly on campus. Student protest for peace and civil liberties has always represented the best part of our collective moral conscience. Solidarity."
According to the university, the protest had the "potential" to become dangerous. Subsequently, the college decided to arrest "100 individuals who refused to leave after being asked multiple times."
"This number includes 23 WashU students and 4 university employees. All face charges of trespassing and some may also be charged with resisting arrest and assault, including for injuries to three police officers who sustained injuries including a severe concussion, a broken finger, and a groin injury.
"We are firmly committed to free expression and allow ample opportunity for voices to be heard on our campus," the college statement read. "However, we expect everyone to respect our policies and we will take swift action to enforce them to their fullest extent."
Stein and other protesters were released at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, The Hill reported.
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