ANN ARBOR, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and chanted anti-war slogans during the University of Michigan’s commencement ceremony Saturday.
Videos on social media showed some students donning their graduation gowns as they appeared to chant: “Israel bombs, UMich pays!” and “How many kids have you killed today?”
One photo showed a plane appearing to carry a sky banner over the university with the message: “Divest from Israel now! Free Palestine!”
A group of students began chanting early into the ceremony and then began to walk down the center aisle holding a Palestinian flag and banner saying “No universities left in Gaza.”
Michigan State Police intervened by standing around the group of students, causing the group to move to the back of the stadium where they would remain for the rest of the ceremony.
No arrests were made.
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