PRO-PALESTINIAN STUDENTS PROTESTERS REMOVED BY THE POLICE DURING UM SPRING 2024

Police respond to pro-Palestinian protesters at University of Michigan's commencement ceremony.

PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTERS MARCHED toward the University of Michigan‘s commencement stage Saturday as ongoing campus protests over Israel’s conflict in Gaza roll into graduation season.

Videos taken by eyewitnesses at Michigan Stadium show dozens of protesters walking through the aisles holding Palestinian flags. The protesters could be heard reciting chants such as “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest,” and “Israel bombs, U of M pays, how many kids have you killed today?”

The protest took place early on during Saturday’s ceremony, which continued without incident. The school’s university police blocked the protesters from fully reaching the stage and shepherded them to the back of the stadium, The New York Times reports. No arrests were made at the graduation ceremony, but video from the night before shows Michigan State Police pushing back against student protesters outside the University of Michigan Museum of Art, leading to at least one arrest, according to non-profit news outlet Bridge Michigan.