Right now. Here you can see police there with their riot gear on Campus Handling and confronting protesters there who have been in an encampment. These are the propalestinian protests weve seen breaking out across the country. Also with us retired Seattle Police chief and msnbc Law Enforcement analyst, carmen best. Tim, thank you for taking a moment to join us. Walk us through what youre seeing and whats happening there. Well, ana, its absolute chaos here on campus, if im honest with you here at wb madison. Ill step out of the way. Law enforcement officials are in the distance. They have their riot shields out, and theyve been advancing on protesters all morning long. They are clearing out an encampment thats been here since Monday Morning at around 9 00 a. M. That encampment consisted of about two dozen or so tents, but most of those tents are now gone and Law Enforcement are going tent by tent taking them down. I want to walk you over here as well to where the protesters are. You can
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