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The GW Hatchet • May 13, 2024 • https://gwhatchet.com/2024/05/13/photo-essay-16-days-of-protest/

Photo Essay: 16 Days of Protest

By Arwen Clemans, Daniel Heuer, Kaiden J. Yu, Lexi Critchett, Max Collins, Raphael Kellner and Sage Russell

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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