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Photo Essay: 16 Days of Protest
By
Arwen Clemans
,
Daniel Heuer
,
Kaiden J. Yu
,
Lexi Critchett
,
Max Collins
,
Raphael Kellner
and
Sage Russell
•
May 13, 2024
Day 1
A protester ties a keffiyeh around the neck of the George Washington statue in University Yard. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Day 2
Dozens of demonstrators danced on H Street before pitching additional tents in the road and spending the night. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Day 3
A demonstrator wakes on H Street to begin another day in the encampment. (Lexi Critchett | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 4
A protester lifts a barricade as demonstrators overrun the fences securing the encampment. (Raphael Kellner | Staff Photographer)
Day 5
After the retaking of U-Yard the previous night, a protester draws a poster among new tents. (Lexi Critchett | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 6
Organizers chant and beat drums while standing atop a pile of barricades that protesters threw in the middle of the plaza. (Arwen Clemans | Staff Photographer)
Day 7
Republican members of the House Oversight Committee deliver a press conference after their visit to the University Yard encampment. (Daniel Heuer | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 8
A GW Police Department officer lowers a large Palestinian flag from outside Lisner Hall after students hoisted it up the flagpole. (Kaiden J. Yu | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 9
GW staff anchor an American flag to the roof of Lisner Hall. (Lexi Critchett | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 10
Two mallards bathe in a puddle after rain beat down on the encampment. (Arwen Clemans | Staff Photographer)
Day 11
Protesters deliver their third press conference since the start of the encampment. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Day 12
A GW Police Department officer cuts the rope to the Lisner Hall flagpole after protesters attempt to re-hoist a large Palestinian flag. (Lexi Critchett | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 13
Metropolitan Police Department officers deploy pepper spray on a crowd of demonstrators at the barricades police erected during their sweep of the encampment. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Day 14
Organizers embrace a protester released from custody after officers arrested more than 30 protesters. (Sage Russell | Senior Photo Editor)
Day 15
A demonstrator stands before a line of local police after protesters set up an impromptu encampment on F Street following the clearing. (Daniel Heuer | Assistant Photo Editor)
Day 16
Organizers give a press conference about their first meeting with officials to discuss their demands in front of U-Yard. (Max Collins | Photographer)
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