118 Arrested at Emerson College: The Day in Photos
Students stand shoulder to shoulder as they wait for police to arrive.
Headline has been edited to reflect updated reports of 118 arrested, not 108 as previously reported.
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- Police created a barricade at each end of Boylston Street from Piano Row to the Little Building, and they continued to arrest students, especially those continuing the protest near the Little Building.
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- Police created a barricade at each end of Boylston Street from Piano Row to the Little Building, and they continued to arrest students, especially those continuing the protest near the Little Building. Photography by Rian Nelson
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- Trapped inside 2B, students watched as the quickly cleared alley was ransacked by police.
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- As some of their colleagues threw students on the ground, some police officers shoved students into college buildings to clear the alley and trap them inside.
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- Police drag a student away
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- Police drag a student away
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- Police drag a student away
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- A police officer kneels on a student’s back as another handcuffs them.
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- A police officer rips an umbrella meant to protect against tear gas out from a student’s hand before tearing them away from the line onto the ground to be arrested.
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- Police close in on the back side of the alley, behind the line. State and City police in riot gear force the crowd at the top of the hill back, causing many to fall and several to be injured.
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- Students in the 2B residential hold signs up as word spread about possible tear gas being deployed.
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- Students in the 2B residential hold signs up as word spread about possible tear gas being deployed.
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- Students in the 2B residential hold signs up as word spread about possible tear gas being deployed.
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- Students stand shoulder to shoulder as they wait for police to arrive.
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- Student Government officials speak in front of the Boylston Place Alley. Photo by Emma Siebold.
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- Boston Police Officers line up outside of the Emerson College Little Building on Thursday. Photo by Jack Reiber.
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- State Police and Boston Police officers occupy the 2 Boylston Alley after breaking up the encampment early Thursday morning. Photo by Bryan Hecht