The school earlier warned students that police have the right to respond.
On Wednesday, pro-Palestinian protesters in Downtown Boston they were violating city law by occupying Boylston Place and turning it into a tent city. The college warned students that police have the right to respond.
Despite that, students didn’t stand down and continued to plant Palestinian flags and signage, vowing they wouldn’t leave.
Police moved in overnight and started making arrests. Numerous reports put the number in the dozens.
The school newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon, said at least 41 people were arrested.
A group called Emerson Students for Justice in Palestine claimed more than 100 arrests were made.
CBS News is seeking comment from the school, its police force and Boston police.
Working Mass, a media outlet for the local Democratic Socialists of America chapter, says at least one of its journalists has been arrested.
Working Mass Managing Editor Henry De Groot posted video on X of a confrontation between police and demonstrators and arrests being made.
