5:00 p.m.
Facility Services is removing the graffiti from various sites across campus with a pressure washer.
4:00 p.m.
Hull Gate has been unlocked.
3:58 p.m.
During the protest, graffiti reading “free Gaza,” “hands off Lebanon,” and “fuck the bombs” was written on the Fermi memorial outside of the Mansueto Library.
3:54 p.m.
The police and protesters have completely dispersed from the site of the protest.
3:51 p.m.
The Maroon has confirmed that UChicago Police Sergeant Grays Sr. sprayed at least one student and a Chicago Police Department captain with pepper spray during the protest.
3:45 p.m.
The protesters are dispersing under advice to stay masked “until you’re farther away.”
3:43 p.m.
The protesters have congregated outside of the SMART Museum. More CPD officers have arrived.
3:40 p.m.
Protesters have told the Maroon that several police officers have pepper sprayed into the crowd. One protester kicked a police officer.
3:37 p.m.
Police used batons on protesters and the Maroon has reports of pepper spray. At least three arrests have been made, including one made after a brief chase.
3:35 p.m.
Chicago Police Department officers have entered the protest wearing riot gear.
3:34 p.m.
Protesters are chanting “Let him go.” The Maroon cannot confirm whether an arrest is being made.
A protester hit a UCPD patrol car’s side mirror with a rock.
3 p.m.
At approximately 3 p.m., the protest proceeded through Hull Gate on the north end of the central quad. Once all of the protesters were through, the protesters pushed the gate closed and affixed a bike lock to keep the gate shut.
Protesters chanted “Pigs go home” to police officers and “Intifada, intifada, long live the intifada.”
2:45 p.m.
At 2:45 p.m. on Friday, October 11, UChicago United for Palestine hosted a walkout and accompanying protest on the main quad. There were approximately 80 protesters and eight UCPD officers at the beginning of the rally.
This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated with more information as the story progresses.