UT Police filing one charge for gun-related crime stemming from latest protest
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The University of Texas at Austin Police Department plans to file at least one charge for a gun-related crime in connection to Monday's protest, a UT spokesperson told KXAN.
A total of 79 people were arrested Monday after a group of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the South Mall at the University of Texas at Austin’s campus in the afternoon and set up several tents in the area. The university issued a dispersal order, and law enforcement responded shortly after.
Seventy-eight of the people arrested were charged with criminal trespass. One person has an additional charge of obstructing a highway or passageway, and one was charged with interfering with public duties, according to the Travis County Sheriff's Office.
According to a UT source, 46 of the 79 people arrested on Monday were not UT students.
Mike Rosen, the assistant vice president for university communications at UT, said in part in a statement to KXAN that UTPD was in contact with the Travis County District Attorney's Office regarding the gun-related crime.
Abigail Jones contributed to this report