WORLD : Activists have encamped there since Thursday, when they set up barricades made of plywood and furniture scraps, and pitched tents. About 100 pro-Palestinian activists appeared to be inside the encampment as of Friday morning.
Breitbart News arrived to film and photograph the encampment, which is now surrounded by steel railings. Several other news outlets were present outside the encampment, including local TV news, the New York Times, and others.
The encampment was guarded at two entrances by activists wearing fluorescent jerseys and kaffiyehs or KN95 masks, which were evidently distributed to prevent transmission of illnesses, but also to hide activists’ identities.
As seen in the video filmed by Breitbart News, one of the guards initially allowed this journalist to enter, provided a mask was worn and there were no peanuts or bananas introduced into the encampment (perhaps due to allergies).
However, after a few seconds, activists surrounded this journalist and attempted to obstruct filming. A group of about a dozen of them linked arms and pushed this journalist several times toward the entrance, in full view of the media.
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of the press, which has its widest scope on public property. UCLA is a public university and the encampment is in the midst of the most public space at the university.
California also has strong press freedom laws, such protections for journalists reporting during civil disturbances.
Two people stood nearby, holding a banner that said: “UCLA Faculty and Staff We Stand With Our Students.”
Asked whether they supported students physically assaulting members of the media, they refused to state a position.
The UCLA encampment is one of several that have been set up in recent days at universities, public and private, across the United States. Many have used explicitly pro-terror rhetoric, and some have targeted Jewish students.
BY JOEL B. POLLAK
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