From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro. This is the Daily.

Free Free Palestine. Over the past week what had begun as a smattering of pro-Palestinian protests on America's

college campuses exploded into a nationwide movement.

People, united, will never be defeated.

As students at dozens of universities held demonstrations, set up encampments, and at times seized academic buildings.

In response, administrators at many of those colleges decided to crack down.

Do not know things that are officers.

We will use for municipal munitions to include gas.

Calling in local police to carry out mass detentions and arrests from Arizona State.

In the name of the state of Arizona,

to the University of Georgia, to City College of New York.

To City College of New York. As of Thursday police had arrested 2,000 students on more than

40 campuses. A situation so startling that President Biden could no longer ignore it.

Look, it's basically a matter of fairness.

It's a matter of what's right.

There's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.

Today, my colleagues, Jonathan Wolf and Peter Baker,

on a history-making week. It's Friday, May 3rd.

Jonathan, as this tumultuous week on college campuses comes to an end, it feels like the most extraordinary scenes played out on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles, where you have

been reporting.

What is the story of how that protest started and ultimately became so explosive.

So, late last week, pro-Palestinian protesters set up an encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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