Police Squeeze University of Puerto Rico Student Strikers
Police tried to gain access to the University of Puerto Rico, now in its 25th day of student occupation, before dawn on Friday, cutting through the locked gates of the campus’s main entrance.
Students rushed to defend the gates, and the police withdrew, but they later set up a perimeter around the campus, refusing to allow or supplies to be brought in.
The police escalation of the standoff came one day after a mass meeting attended by more than two thousand people voted to continue the strike indefinitely.
Students rushed to defend the gates, and the police withdrew, but they later set up a perimeter around the campus, refusing to allow or supplies to be brought in.
The police escalation of the standoff came one day after a mass meeting attended by more than two thousand people voted to continue the strike indefinitely.
