Art Institute of Chicago pro-Palestinian demonstration leads to dozens of arrest NBC Chicago [Video]

Dozens of people were arrested on Saturday afternoon during a pro-Palestinian protest organized by students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, authorities said.

According to police and museum officials, an estimated 50 people were arrested for criminal trespass to property after failing to disperse from the Art Institute’s downtown campus – despite several verbal warnings.

Tent encampments of protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses nationwide in a student movement unlike any other this century. Demonstrations have also taken place at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago.

At around 11 a.m., a group of students from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago set up an encampment at the museum’s North Garden, according to police and museum officials.

“…As it progressed, protesters surrounded and shoved a security officer and stole their keys to the museum, blocked emergency exits, and barricaded gates,” Chicago …