The protesters were in a room in an aerospace and engineering sciences building on the Denver campus.
DENVER — Several protesters were detained and given tickets for trespassing in a building at Auraria Campus Tuesday evening.
The demonstrators were holding a sit-in in an aerospace and engineering sciences building on the campus. 9NEWS saw law enforcement officers from the Colorado State Patrol and the Auraria Campus police department remove about a dozen people from the room in plastic handcuffs. The people were then taken into a hallway.
Some of the people told 9NEWS that they were given tickets for trespassing and then released.
An Auraria Campus spokesperson did not immediately respond to a 9NEWS request for comment.
Protesters have been camped out on the campus’s Tivoli Quad since April 25, calling on the campus’s three universities to divest out of interests in Israel.
About 40 demonstrators were arrested at the encampment on April 26. No other arrests have been made since.
Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas said at a citizens oversight board meeting Friday that the department had no plans to participate in another sweep of the encampment. A Denver police spokesperson told 9NEWS Tuesday evening that officers were on the campus, but had not made any arrests.
This is a developing situation. This article will be updated as information is confirmed.
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