Violent clashes erupt on UCLA campus as riot police arrest dozens of pro-Palestine protesters at Columbia

Violent clashes broke out at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) during Palestine protests on Wednesday, as police at Columbia arrested dozens of activists during a demonstration.

Activists at UCLA traded in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another during the fractious scenes. 

Hours earlier, police carrying riot shields burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration, arresting dozens.

After a couple of hours of scuffles between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators at UCLA, police wearing