Óscar A. Contreras is a Murrow-nominated journalist who has been writing for the E.W. Scripps Company since January 2014.
DENVER — Several students at Denver's Auraria campus were detained by police in riot gear Friday as protests against the Israel-Hamas war on the college campus continued for a second day.
AirTracker7 flew over the scene early Friday afternoon, where law enforcement responded to an encampment that had formed a day prior. Police in riot gear were seen blocking students from entering their tents at around 1 p.m. and taking some of them into Denver Sheriff buses. Police in riot gear blocks Denver students from returning to their encampment at Auraria campus The group is asking the three schools inside the Auraria campus to take a public stance against the Israel-Hamas war. In all, the SDS issued six demands:
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