The brief encampment inside Fisher-Bennett Hall came one week after police disbanded another encampment. Seven remained in custody, including one for allegedly assaulting a police officer.
Pro-Palestinian protesters and Philadelphia and Penn police have a standoff along 34th Street at the University of Pennsylvania Friday night.students, were taken into police custody on Friday night when they attempted to occupy a campus building, the school said Saturday.
Once Fisher-Bennett Hall was clear, the university said, Penn police found lock-picking tools and homemade metal shields fashioned from oil drums. Exit doors had been secured with zip-ties and barbed wire, and barricaded with metal chairs and desks. Windows were covered with newspaper and cardboard, and bicycle racks and metal chairs were found blocking outside entrances, the school said.
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