Jill Stein, the Green Party’s 2024 presidential candidate, was one of 100 individuals arrested on Saturday at Washington University in St. Louis, as confirmed by her campaign manager. Jason Call, Stein’s campaign manager, stated that he, Stein, and deputy campaign manager Kelly Merrill-Cayer were all arrested at the encampment on the campus. “The demand from the encampment was specifically for the university to divest from Boeing, which manufactures munitions used in the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza at their nearby St Charles facility,” Call said. “The Stein campaign supports the demands of the students and their peaceful protest and assembly on campus. Student protest for peace and civil liberties has always represented the best part of our collective moral conscience. Solidarity.”
Stein’s arrest coincided with a wave of anti-Israel protests across the country, accompanied by a rise in incidents of antisemitism. USC has restricted its campus to residents only and has canceled on-stage graduations. This week, over 100 people were arrested at Columbia University, and dozens were arrested at the University of Texas on Wednesday. Demonstrations and protests have also occurred at Yale, Harvard, Minnesota, Johns Hopkins, and Arizona State University, where 93 individuals were arrested on Saturday morning.