Civil rights organizations are pressing the DOJ to investigate the police response to pro-Palestinian protests on campus

Several civil rights groups signed a letter Thursday pressuring the Justice and Education departments to investigate law enforcement actions against pro-Palestinian protesters across the country, according to NBC News.

More than a dozen civil rights groups are calling on the Department of Education and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the physical responses of local law enforcement to protests on college campuses in New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Austin. seconds on NBC News. Civil rights organizations called for investigations into whether officials at Columbia University, Emory University, the University of Texas (UT) at Austin, and the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) violated the Act of civil rights.

Civil rights groups that signed the letter included the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Amnesty International and several Jewish and Arab peace groups, according to NBC News.

The letter asked the departments to “take immediate action to address potential civil rights violations committed by university officials in connection with peaceful protests on campuses,” according to NBC News. It claims some law enforcement departments used “militarized force and tactics,” such as rubber bullets and other non-lethal courses of action.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbids discrimination in public accommodations and programs funded by the federal government, ensuring equal protection at universities and colleges.

According to NBC News, thousands of people were arrested on college campuses across the country by university, state and local law enforcement. In April and May, separate protests at UT Austin, UCLA, Columbia and Emory forced law enforcement to take action to quell the demonstrations.

At UCLA, a campout in May left a mess of trash covering campus grounds after police arrested nearly 100 demonstrators. Protesters vandalized buildings with graffiti and left piles of plywood, signs and other trash.

A police officer tackled a protester at Emory in April. carrying the individual shot down in response to the mass protest that occurred on campus. Other police officers at the scene arrested several agitators and confirmed the use of chemical irritants to disperse the protesters.

Law Enforcement at UT Austin sprinkled pepper protesters in April in response to protesters who created chaos on campus. The officers made a blockade with their cars and bicycles to prevent the demonstrators from advancing.

In April, Columbia protesters stormed and busy a campus building, trapping an employee inside. Police arrested hundreds of protesters, but some charges were dropped by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

The education department and the DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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