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This is the moment that cops in Oregon retook the library at Portland State University amid another night of fresh chaos on a college campus as authorities attempt to destroy anti-Israel encampments nationwide.
The Millar Library at PSU had been occupied since Monday. During the clearing, police arrested at least 30 activists.
Earlier at PSU, footage showed a student protestor crashing into a police officer while holding a makeshift shield and being arrested has emerged.
The video shows two mask-clad protestors carrying shields made out of trash cans running directly toward a police officer as people cheered in the background.
One of the protestors is then seen crashing into the official but ends up getting knocked down to the ground.
Portland cops stormed the Millar library on Thursday night to retake it after it had been occupied by anti-Israel protesters since Monday
Activists had barricaded access to the library which slowed police progress
A look at some of the weaponry that was being stored up by the protesters
Protesters are held by police following the raid
Elsewhere, in the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear to push through lines of protesters who linked arms in a futile attempt to halt their advance.
Los Angeles police said on social media that 210 people were arrested at UCLA, and hundreds of arrests were made at other universities overnight and on Thursday.
'I'm a student here,' one UCLA protester told cameras as he was led away, his hands bound. 'Please don't fail us. Don't fail us.'
Hours later, the student, who would only give his first name as Ryan, was back on campus and vowed he would not stop fighting.
'We will be back,' said Ryan, who was cited for unlawful assembly. 'We will be disrupting. We will be demanding divestment.'
Students have rallied or set up tents at dozens of universities in recent days to protest Israel's war on Gaza.
Demonstrators have called on President Joe Biden, who has supported Israel's right to defend itself, to do more to stop the bloodshed in Gaza and demanded schools divest from companies that support Israel's government.
Many of the schools, including Columbia University in New York City, have called in police to quell the protests.
Police officers scuffle with protestors trying to block vehicles taking detained students, who had been occupying the Portland State University's Millar Library
Protestors in Portland State University raided the school library to graffiti pro-Palestine messages on the walls
Biden broke his silence on the demonstrations on Thursday after the UCLA raid, saying Americans have the right to protest but not to unleash violence.
'Destroying property is not a peaceful protest,' he said at the White House. 'It's against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancelling of classes and graduations -
