Photo Essay: Pro-Palestinian Protest at Cal Poly Humboldt
Starting on Monday, April 22 until Tuesday morning of April 30, 2024, pro-Palestinian supporters protested in front of and inside Siemens Hall at Cal Poly Humboldt. El Leñador reporters photographed protesters, police, supporters, etc. to get the full story of the protest.
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DAY 1: Police outfitted in riot gear face an angry crowd shortly after protesters begin to occupy Siemens Hall. | Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 1: Police push protesters back from the front entrance of Siemens Hall. |Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 1: Protesters prepare to spend the night inside of Siemens Hall. | Photo by Peyton Leone
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DAY 2: Supporters set up a table with food and supplies in front of the barricaded entrance of Siemens Hall. |Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 2: Protesters barricade inside and outside the entrances of Siemens Hall. | Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 2: Supporters gather on the university quad and participate in group stretches. | Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 3: A list of protesters’ demands are placed on a dumpster, part of a makeshift barricade outside of the university library. | Photo by Peyton Leone
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DAY 3: Protesters and supporters filled the quad as the CFA Teach-In began. |Photo by Jacqueline V. Espinoza
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DAY 3: By the third day of the protest, at least 50 tents had been set up outside of Siemens Hall . | Photo by Peyton Leone
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DAY 4: Dean Mitch Mitchell sits in at a meeting between admin and protesters to address demands made by protesters in the Goodwin Forum. |Photo by Jacqueline V. Espinoza
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DAY 5: Three members of Cal Poly Humboldt’s admin and staff gather at B Street and Laurel Drive to discuss the demands made by protesters. |Photo by Peyton Leone
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DAY 5: Members of administration set up a checkout table as a mitigating factor in university conduct processes for protesters occupying Siemens Hall.|Photo by Peyton Leone
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DAY 5: Supporters enter Siemens Hall after the doors are opened briefly on the fifth day of the protest. | Photo by Peyton Leone.
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DAY 6: Facilities management workers set up concrete blockades at Library Circle. |Photo by Peyton Leone
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DAY 7: Volunteers at the Mutual Aid Kitchen (MAK) stock supplies and foodstuffs for those gathered on the quad. |Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 8: CFA and community members marched up LK Wood and stood in front of the blockade in support of those protesting.|Photo by Ben Hernandez
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DAY 8: A squad car pulls into the southern entrance to the university quad, playing a dispersal order over the PA system.|Photo by Jacqueline V. Espinoza