Presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested at St. Louis campus anti-Israel protest

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested alongside more than 80 people, including two of her campaign staffers, at Washington University in St. Louis during a protest on campus against the school's connections to Israel.

The arrest was announced late Saturday evening in a post on Stein's account on X, formerly Twitter. 

"BREAKING: Jill Stein and her Campaign Manager and Deputy Campaign Manager, Jason Call and Kelly Merrill-Cayer, have been arrested at Washington University in St. Louis while supporting a protest against WashU’s ties to the war on Gaza," the post states.

"Jill and others were attempting to deescalate with police before they began arresting people," a follow-up post states. Stein's campaign also said police used force against them, although the school said that some of the demonstrators will be charged with resisting arrest and assault resulting in injury to police officers.

The protest at WashU included students and employees as well as people not affiliated with the school, and everyone involved will face charges, the university said Saturday.

"It quickly became clear through the words and actions of this group that they did not have good intentions on our campus and that this demonstration had the potential to get out of control and become dangerous," WashU said. 

After the group set up a camp, the school repeatedly asked them to leave, which the demonstrators refused to do, according to the school. At that point, officials started to make arrests.

Stein has traveled recently to other anti-Israel protests on college campuses, including Columbia University in New York. Stein was the Green Party's presidential nominee in 2012 and 2016, and she is on track to secure the nomination again in 2024. 

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