Title: Protesters sit in at Luskin Conference Center ahead of UC Regents vote on Item J1
Incident ID: INC-003
Date: 2024-03-20 00:00:00 +0000
Source(s):
- DB-002
- DB-004
- SOC-006
Keywords: protest, lapd, ucpd, safety, police, riot, batons, bullets, less-than-lethal, cops, time, place, and manner, rally, violent
Org-Affiliated Actor: true
Actor is Student: true
Admin Response Type:
Accountability Follow-Up: proposed
Admin Support Offered: counseling/referral
Target Group: Palestinian
Actor Group: Israeli
Media Coverage Level: none
Location: on-campus
Policy Status: violated
Policy Violation Type: TPM_policy, student_conduct, anti_discrimination (?), non-affiliate
Norm Violation Type: bias/discrimination, admin_policy_failure, community_harm, individual_harm
Severity Score: elevated
Police Involvement: escalation
Admin Statement Latency: 1 days
Administrative Tone: conciliatory, dismissive, condemnation
Administrative Positioning:
Media Positioning: n/a
Actor Tone:
Target Tone:
Actor Positioning:
Target Positioning:
Admin Response Level: adequate
Notes:
Summary
Incident: Luskin Sit-in and Police Mobilization (Tuesday night)
(b) Symbolic protest: Sit-in in the Luskin Conference Center lobby.
(c) TPM enforcement / campus safety response:
Protesters were forcibly removed by hotel staff.
UCPD called LAPD and Beverly Hills PD for backup.
Riot gear, rubber bullets, barricades deployed.
UCLA spokesperson confirmed permit violation and dispersal under TPM policy.
đź“ŤScope: Physical location (lobby of Luskin), type of protest: sit-in, encampment. Clear moment of admin escalation and visible force deployment.
On March 19th, 2024 around 40 protesters staged a sit-in at UCLA’s Luskin Conference Center to oppose a UC Regents policy proposal that would bar university departments from making political statements on department websites. Protesters entered the hotel building around 8 p.m.; by 8:40 p.m., UCPD requested LAPD backup. Hotel staff forcibly removed protesters shortly afterward. Police from multiple departments arrived in riot gear and set up barricades, prompting student concerns about excessive force. UCLA administrators cited Time, Place, and Manner violations, stating the protest lacked a permit. Protesters later regrouped in an area where they were permitted to assemble to continue demonstrations through the end of Regents’ meetings a couple days later, calling for UC divestment from BlackRock and opposing limits on academic free expression.