Members of DePaul’s encampment locked arms and guarded the site’s perimeter the morning of May 5 as counterprotesters amassed outside the Quad on Fullerton Avenue. The encampment and counter-protestors were separated by Chicago Police Department officers, who arrived in anticipation of the protests. DePaul reported two people were injured, and temporarily advised students to avoid the Quad.
Masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators fly flags to pro-Israeli counter-protesters on the other side of a CPD wall on Sunday, May 5, 2024. The demonstration lasted about three hours on Sunday.