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UCLA protesters were filmed engaging in combat training moments before cops swooped in and arrested hundreds at a pro-Palestine encampment.
Police raided the Gaza solidarity encampment at the California school on Wednesday night after students defied orders to leave. At least 132 protesters were arrested and one officer was injured during the tense standoff between the demonstrators and riot-gear clad cops.
Now, drone footage taken just before officers stormed shows the students learning hand-to-hand combat techniques.
The group can be seen doling out instructions via megaphone as one balaclava-wearing member appears to act out self-defense tactics - in scenes that reminded some online commenters of jihadi-like training.
UCLA protesters were filmed engaging in militant-style combat training moments before cops swooped in
Drone footage taken just before an overnight standoff on Wednesday shows the students learning hand to hand combat techniques taught by a protester in a balaclava
The Gaza encampment popped up outside of Royce Hall as protesters urged UCLA divest from companies profiting from Israel's war on Hamas
The group filmed performed various scenarios to a crowd that assembled in a circle around them. At one point, one of the group members approaches another and appears to strike them in the head.
A second demonstration shows an individual appearing to act out how to pull someone's leg after being kicked.
Overhead shots show the rows of tents packed closely together at the sprawling encampment.
Palestinian flags are draped throughout, while signs and placards are pushed up against metal fencing surrounding the camp.
Some of the protesters had been seen donning hard hats, goggles and respirator masks in anticipation of the siege a day after the university declared the encampment unlawful.
Objects, including water bottles, were thrown at officers as they descended on the settlement late Wednesday, according to a CHP spokesperson.
Initially, a small group of police was forced to retreat by pro-Palestine protesters before busloads of riot cops arrived and smashed through the barrier at the camp.
Objects, including water bottles, were thrown at officers as they descended on the UCLA settlement, according to a CHP spokesperson
At least 132 protesters were arrested and one officer injured during the tense standoff between the demonstrators and riot-gear clad cops.
The mob of protesters resisted the cops attempts to disperse them as they pulled signs and shields from the group
LAPD protester apprehending a protester as the break through the encampment early on Thursday
