23 arrested as protests continue on IU campus [Video]

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Nearly two dozen individuals were arrested for resisting law enforcement after officers responded to an encampment at Dunn Meadow.

Indiana State Police and the Indiana University Police Department responded to an encampment at Dunn Meadow on Saturday at approximately 12:20 p.m., according to a press release from the Indiana University Public Safety Department.

The release states that officers gave a series of six verbal warnings to remove the structures. At approximately 12:35 p.m., individuals who refused to remove structures from university property were detained and removed.

“After numerous written and verbal communications that free speech and protest are permissible but the presence of unapproved temporary or permanent structures violates university policy, a group of individuals erected numerous tents and canopies on Friday night with the stated intention to occupy the university space indefinitely,” said IU Public Information Officer, Hannah Skibba.

Officers transported 23 individuals to the Monroe …