1 arrested at NC State during pro-Palestinian demonstration at Raleigh campus

A day that began with three dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested or cited for trespassing on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus ended with another arrested after an altercation between demonstrators and police at N.C. State University.

The protest at the Raleigh campus began peacefully around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Memorial Belltower, reported ABC11, The News & Observer’s newsgathering partner.

A hour in, police ordered the protesters to leave campus. When they did not, an officer grabbed a protester identified only as Nada, ABC11 reported. She was arrested and taken to the Wake County Detention Center.

From there, demonstrators who had moved to the sidewalk tried to enter campus again. The police initially pushed back, but eventually let the group proceed. They marched to the student union and then back to the Belltower.

Organizers then ordered everyone to go to the jail to support Nada, ABC11 reported.

Not long after they arrived, Nada was released and walked out of the detention center to the cheers of the crowd.

“I’m not scared, I’m not intimidated, I did what I had to do to be out here for Palestine,” Nada told ABC11. “We will be heard by our universities, we will be heard by the community, and I stand by that.”

On Wednesday, an N.C. State spokesman said the student who was arrested was not affiliated with the university.