Police Confiscate Sword at UCLA Protest

Police at the University of California, Los Angeles detained a man wielding a sword as a protest took place on campus on Monday, April 29.

Footage filmed by Sean Beckner-Carmitchel shows a sword on the ground and an officer picking it up on Monday afternoon.

A pro-Palestinian protest encampment was in place at the campus plaza for the last several days, prompting the university to heighten security measures, local media reported. Credit: Sean Beckner-Carmitchel via Storyful

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