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Police at the University of Arizona deployed “chemical irritant munitions” to clear pro-Palestinian protesters early Wednesday morning. Campus police had ordered the crowd to disperse immediately from what they deemed an “unlawful assembly.” When they refused the police advanced in the area of University Blvd & Park Ave. shortly after midnight. Videos posted on X showed violence as a line of officers attempted to push the protesters back. At 2 a.m. the school announced: “University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins has directed University officials and the University of Arizona Police Dep…

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