Protesters are sitting near North Trousdale entrance and have resumed the study-in. Department of Public Safety officers did not give an estimate of when gates would reopen.

Earlier, speakers called for USC to disclose its endowment and investments and to divest from Israel and war profiteers.

“They have shut their gates in their rage,” an unidentified speaker said. “Our studying is a threat to this institution.”

An unidentified media liaison for USC Students for Justice in Palestine said the DPS officers told the group they were hosting an event in violation of USC policy when threatening to remove them. DPS officers did not cite the specific policy after several participants asked.

The liaison said they believed that, because USC SJP is not a recognized student organization, the gathering did not qualify as an event.

This is a developing story.

Previous reporting continues below:

Roughly 25 pro-Palestinian protesters are marching near the Trousdale North Entrance after participating in a study-in at Taper Hall. Department of Public Safety officers closed the Watt Way and Trousdale North Entrances.

The group read plays and discussed France-Palestine solidarity on the grass outside the building during the study-in. DPS officers and DPS Chief Lauretta Hill watched from Trousdale Avenue by the Crow Center for International & Public Affairs since the start of the event.

At 1:29 p.m., Hill had told the study-in attendees they had five minutes to disperse or they would be “pushed off campus.”

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