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See photos and videos of Boston police removing tent encampment at Emerson College

By Shannon Larson Globe Staff,Updated April 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
Videos show police arresting protesters, forcibly removing Emerson pro-Palestinian tent encampment
Boston police forcibly removed a pro-Palestinian tent encampment Emerson College students had built early Thursday morning. (Olivia Yarvis/Globe Staff)

Early Thursday morning, Boston police officers swept into a walkway downtown where students at Emerson College students had set up a pro-Palestinian tent encampment.

Dressed in helmets and reflective jackets, law enforcement forcibly removed the encampment — one of several formed on college campuses in New England and nationwide in recent days — and began arresting protesters, according to police and videos taken by students.

Related: Boston police forcibly remove pro-Palestinian tent encampment at Emerson College; more than 100 arrested

As police confronted students, shouting protesters appeared to link arms. Some students said officers grabbed and dragged them.

More than 100 people were arrested, a police department spokesman said.

Related: What we know about the Emerson arrests and ongoing protests on other campuses

Here are visuals from the scene and the aftermath.

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Workers cleaned around a sculpture in Boylston Place at Emerson College in Boston.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
A woman rested in the Boylston Place residence hall at Emerson College.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
Emerson students were loaded into a Boston police vehicle after being arrested.Nick Peace
Demonstrators at the head of the pro-Palestinian encampment at Emerson College hours before police cleared it. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe
Police deployed to clear the pro-Palestinian protest at Emerson College.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police and protesters faced off in the street near Emerson CollegeJOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Dozens of police officers donned riot gear and helmets.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Pro-Palestinian supporters and students from Emerson College blocked the Boylston Place alley.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police and pro-Palestinian supporters faced off at the protest camp.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police moved in to arrest pro-Palestinian supporters who were blocking the road after the protest camp was cleared by police.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police deployed to clear the encampment.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Pro-Palestinian supporters and students from Emerson College blocked an alley where they had set up an encampment as police moved in to clear it.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Protesters yelled at police after the Emerson College Palestinian protest camp was cleared by policeJOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police arrested pro-Palestinian demonstrators.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Pro-Palestinian supporters yelled at police.JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police and pro-Palestinian supporters faced offJOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images
Police arrested 100 students in the early hours of Thursday morning when officers confronted protesters during the removal of the encampment at Emerson College.Henry De Groot/DSA Working Mass.
Police arrested 100 students in the early hours of Thursday morning when officers confronted protesters during the removal of the encampment at Emerson College.Henry De Groot/DSA Working Mass.
Police officers dragged an unknown student out from under a tent while clearing the encampment in the alley.Sabrina Lam
Emerson students embraced upon returning to their dorm at Emerson Place. The pair said they had been arrested and were returning from jail. Craig Walker/Globe Staff
Two Emerson College students hugged near the now-cleared pro-Palestinian encampment that occupied the alley on Boylston Street.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
Boston police, among other city staff, stood in front of the alley.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
Emerson College facilities employees cleared a Palestinian flag from the archway over the alley off Boylston Street.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
Two Emerson College students hugged near the now-cleared pro-Palestinian encampment.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
An employee of Boston Public Works swept trash and other debris in the alley.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
The alley off Boylston Street.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
Emerson College facilities employees cleared away remnants of tape and paint from the archway over the alley.Jack Kaplan for the Boston Globe
A student who said she was involved in the encampment looks over Boylston Place from a dorm window. Craig Walker/ Globe Staff
Workers took down a Palestinian flag early Thursday morning after police broke up the Emerson student encampment overnight. Craig Walker/ Globe Staff

Shannon Larson can be reached at shannon.larson@globe.com. Follow her @shannonlarson98.