A small group of pro-Palestinian student protesters occupied the office of Stanford's President this morning. They made demands including that the protesters themselves be given amnesty for their actions.

Pro-Palestine protesters entered and barricaded themselves inside Building 10, the president’s office, located in Main Quad, at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, which marks Stanford’s last day of classes for spring quarter. Protestors plan to remain in the building until the University meets demands or they are forcibly removed...

Protestors issued three demands to the University: add the divestment bill submitted by Stanford Against Apartheid in Palestine (SAAP) to the next Board of Trustees meeting, with a recommendation by President Richard Saller supporting the bill, disclose finances from the previous fiscal year (2022) including endowment investments and drop all disciplinary and criminal charges against pro-Palestinian students at Stanford.

Here is the person making the demands for the group.

Terror supporters, meanwhile, took over President Richard Saller's office and were arrested a few hours later.

Every single one of these participants must be expelled, enough is enough.

More: https://t.co/z6XCRYSBoU pic.twitter.com/rfvjdSOaqc

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) June 5, 2024

The students posted several messages on Instagram from the President's office including one identifying themselves as part of the "student intifada.". It read, "BREAKING: AN AUTONOMOUS GROUP OF STUDENTS HAVE OCCUPIED PRESIDENT RICHARD SALLERS OFFICE! THE STUDENT INT1FADA IS GROWING."

Outside there was a larger group of protesters who vandalized some property and linked arms around the building, apparently to keep police out. Notice the messages include "Kill Cops" (multiple times) and "Death to Israel."

Stanford University - shocking calls for the death of the police and the Jewish nation.

A reminder once again that what starts with the Jews NEVER ends with the Jews.

Whomever is responsible must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law - enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/SRtuOE4s3F

— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) June 5, 2024

More of the graffiti left by protesters @Stanford this morning advocating “death to Israel” and “kill cops.” pic.twitter.com/Hp2YrZDEC4

— Theo Baker (@tab_delete) June 5, 2024

13 Stanford Palestine protester students who "occupied" the president's office :

"Kill cops"

"Pigs taste best dead"

Surprise surprise: they attacked a police officer who was removing them; she was taken away on a stretcher.

Enough. Expel these MFers already. Prosecute them. pic.twitter.com/Z0wCDFpnZG

— Max Meyer (@mualphaxi) June 5, 2024

They are also not fans of America.

The mob at @Stanford defaced a memorial to Americans killed in the line of duty.

If you think this is just about Israel, you are delusional. pic.twitter.com/fWYILMcrsn

— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) June 5, 2024

Eventually the police did arrive and had to break in to enter the building.

Once police got inside, they arrested all 13 people who were there and took them away. The entire occupation lasted 2 hours.

BREAKING: Police drag out and arrest Stanford University students who have occupied the university president’s office.

Students are demanding Stanford divest from Israel and are calling on students across the country to take action as Israel intensifies attack on Rafah. pic.twitter.com/ajxVus2pBi

— BreakThrough News (@BTnewsroom) June 5, 2024

The students left a message inside under a portrait of the founder of Stanford. It read, "Leland Stanford Jr. University established 1891 on stolen land by way of genocide. This U is a death machine." It sounds like most of these occupiers won't have to worry about supporting the death machine with their tuition money much longer.

"We are appalled and deeply saddened by the actions that occurred on our campus earlier today," according to a joint statement from the university president and Provost Jenny Martinez.

A campus police officer was injured by protesters during the clear-out, and damage was "done inside the building" along with "extensive graffiti vandalism on the sandstone buildings and columns of the Main Quad," the Stanford administrators said...

Thirteen people were arrested inside the building and any "who are students will be immediately suspended" and seniors among the group "will not be allowed to graduate," the officials said.

Some of the occupiers were apparently alumni so it's too late to suspend them. Hopefully the school will press charges for trespassing. Also, the school shouldn't settle for temporary suspensions which just allow these students to return and finish their degree next semester. Instead, expel them. I don't think every act of misbehavior by a campus protester deserves maximum punishment but this one should. They have shown complete contempt for the school by vandalizing the campus. A slap on the wrist isn't sufficient.