An incident involving pro-Palestine protesters who disrupted a University of Colorado Boulder classroom this week and were physically removed by two men is now being investigated by campus police, CU officials said Thursday.
Student advocacy group Buffs 4 Palestine posted edited video of the altercation on social media, writing that it showed two students “violently assaulted by a CU Boulder professor.”
The video shows a person walking toward the front of a classroom before cutting to that person being dragged out of the room by two men. A different clip shows another person being grabbed and dragged by their keffiyeh — a traditional Arab headdress — by one of the men.
CU Boulder officials posted a statement online that said the class on Wednesday was interrupted by “unidentified individuals” who were repeatedly told to leave by an instructor, and then removed from the classroom.
Nicole Mueksch, a CU Boulder spokesperson, would not say whether the instructor was one of the people involved in removing the student protestors.
The university’s statement describes “a second individual” seen on the video removing people from the class, and notes that person “was not an employee or a student.” Mueksch said that individual was serving as a mentor for the class.
The two pro-Palestine demonstrators were students interrupting a class called “Designing for Defense” to protest its connection to the U.S. Department of Defense and government support of the Israeli military’s bombardment of Gaza, according to Buffs 4 Palestine’s post on Instagram.
“CU Boulder condemns acts of violence and does not tolerate classroom disruptions, both of which violate state law and university policies,” the university said in its statement.
Campus police are investigating the incident and will “vigorously” pursue charges or other action, CU Boulder officials said.
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