Pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Tulane

A few hundred demonstrators marched Uptown from Freret to St. Charles Avenue in protest of the war in Gaza before getting into a skirmish with police from several different jurisdictions as some in the group tried to pitch tents on the Tulane campus.

The protesters, largely believed to be students from Tulane and Loyola, got into a scuffle with police and locked arms on the front of the campus while lined up face-to-face with officers from the NOPD, Tulane University, and Loyola University police forces.

There was a brief series of scuffles and police seemed to arrest or at least detain some protesters.

Tulane University sent a text to students asking that Gibson Hall, Dinwiddie Hall and Tilton Memorial be evacuated "due to police activity related to the protest in front of Gibson Hall. Classes in Gibson, Dinwiddie and Tilton are cancelled."

Following the skirmish over tents, protesters started chanting pro-Palestine slogans while officers largely watched with both sides staying to themselves.

Police had largely followed the protesters in an effort to keep peace and prevent traffic incidents at Uptown.