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Some of the dozens of protesters who were arrested at an anti-Israel demonstration at The University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday have been freed despite Texas Gov. Greg Abbott saying they should be locked up.
Fifty-seven people were arrested at the campus, the Texas Tribune reports, citing a Travis County sheriff’s spokesperson, while UT Austin said that 26 of those arrested were not affiliated with the college.
Abbott, a Republican, had earlier slammed the protesters who clashed with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers in riot gear during chaotic scenes.
“These protesters belong in jail,” Abbott wrote on X. “Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period. Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.”
A small group formed outside Travis County Jail on Thursday and cheered on some of the suspects as they were cut loose, Fox 11 Austin reports.
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