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108 protesters were arrested earlier today in the 2 Boylston Place alley, the same number of individuals arrested at Columbia University that Emerson protesters were expressing their solidarity for. It is not known the exact number of Emerson College students arrested, but officials say that a majority of the protesters were arrested for disturbing the peace.
There were four reported police injuries, three with minor injuries and one with more serious injuries. BPD did not report any protester injuries, but several eyewitness videos show otherwise.
“Police dragged, physically assaulted, and arrested peaceful protesters,” the Boston Chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM) said in a statement on Instagram.
Furthermore, Beacon reporters on the scene saw several police officers piling on a single person’s body as well as blood on the ground.
During the arrests that take place on Thursday, April 25, 2024., Boston police use force to arrest protesters, according to Emerson SJP. (Ledia Hysenbegasi for the Beacon)
Police line up on Boylston Street preparing to enter the 2 Boylston Place alley. Officials enter the encampment from both Boylston Street as well as the Massachusetts Transportation Building on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Ledia Hysenbegasi for the Beacon)
Prior to making several additional arrests, BPD line up across protesters as they sit and chant on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff)
Police enter the 2B alley to begin making arrests of protesters on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Several students could be seen being “dragged and physically assault[ing] peaceful protesters,” according to the Boston Chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement. (Bryan Hecht/Beacon Staff)
Arrested protesters are bound by zip ties with their hands behind their backs before they are escorted into police vans on Boylston Street on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)
Police can be seen wearing face shields from a blockade on Boylston Street as they look onto a group of protesters near Tatte, where protesters have gathered after the 2B alley arrests on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Nick Peace for the Beacon)
