UNM cleans up damages after pro-Palestinian protest on campus [Video]

CONFRONTATIONS ANTI-SEMITIC. LIKE THE PROTESTS HAPPENING HERE AS WELL. JULIAN PORTIS JOINS US FROM UNM, WHERE AN ONGOING PROTEST CAUSED DAMAGE THERE THIS WEEK. JULIAN. YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT GUYS. SO THE UNIVERSITY HAS RESPONDED IMMEDIATELY TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE DAMAGES. AND IN THE MEANTIME, I ALSO SPOKE WITH CAMPUS REPS, THEM TELLING ME THEY WERE SURPRISED WHEN PROTESTERS DECIDED TO OCCUPY THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING HERE ON CAMPUS. THEY WASHED GRAFFITI THAT WAS CHALK AND SPRAY PAINT AND SHARPIES FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SURFACES. THEY HAD TO REMOVE THE FURNITURE THAT HAD BEEN BARRICADING DOORS AND STAIRWELLS, PUT IT BACK. THERE’LL HAVE TO BE SOME FURNITURE REPLACED. THAT WAS BROKEN. COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER CINNAMON BLAIR WITH UNM SAYS THE UNIVERSITY HAS HAD THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM DURING MONDAY’S PROTEST, PEOPLE BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE THE STUDENT UNION BUILDING, WHERE 16 PEOPLE EVENTUALLY BEING ARRESTED. ESPECIALLY AS WE’RE APPROACHING …