Dozens of arrests at UCLA as riot police storm protest after hundreds standoff against police [Video]

Dozens of arrests have been made on a Los Angeles university campus after riot police stormed a protest camp.Hundreds of pro-Palestine supporters had stayed behind barricades on a Los Angeles university campus despite a police dispersal order after violent clashes with counter-protesters.

Officers in tactical gear removed barricades and moved in on hundreds of protesters who defied orders to leave, scuffling with protesters and detaining some.

They entered the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus next to a complex of tents filled with demonstrators – some of whom wore hard hats, goggles and respirator masks in anticipation of the raid – a day after the university declared the encampment unlawful.

Outside the tent city, hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists jeered at the police, shouting “Shame on you,” banging drums and waving Palestinian flags as officers advanced onto the campus grounds.

The demonstrators, many wearing the …