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Emory
Police cleared a protest encampment from the Quad; 28 arrested, including faculty
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On April 25, 2024, Emory University police, Atlanta Police, and Georgia State Patrol cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment from the university Quad, arresting 28 people including faculty members. The Emory Emergency Notification System issued an alert at approximately 9:23 AM EDT advising the community to avoid the Quad area. Georgia State Patrol acknowledged deploying pepper balls and a Taser, although witnesses and protesters described the chemical irritants as tear gas; DPS publicly denied using tear gas.
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~16,000 studentsRAVE Emergency Alert (Emory CEPAR)
Documented Timeline
Alert Sequence
2 messages in sequence · 1 verified verbatim
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Verified verbatimPresident Gregory L. Fenves's April 29, 2024 apology letter to the Emory community, as reproduced and reported by Decaturish, AJC, and Fox 5 Atlanta469 chars
It is clear to us now that this information was not fully accurate, and I apologize for that mischaracterization. I am devastated that members of our community were caught up in law enforcement activity enforcing the removal of the encampment. The videos of these interactions are deeply distressing. I take Thursday's events very seriously and we are launching a thorough review of them so that we can develop recommendations to improve how we keep our community safe.
Fenves issued this letter on April 29, 2024 (four days after the April 25 Quad clearance) explicitly retracting the 'largely not affiliated with Emory' framing used in the original Elliott statement
By the time Fenves wrote this, Emory had publicly confirmed that 20 of the 28 arrested were members of the Emory community (faculty, students, and staff)
This apology became one of very few first-person presidential reversals issued by a university leader during the spring 2024 encampment wave
Context
Background
In the early morning hours of April 25, 2024, several dozen protesters set up an encampment on Emory University's Quad in solidarity with Palestinians and in opposition to the proposed Atlanta Public Safety Training Center. A groundskeeper called Emory Police at approximately 7:42 AM EDT after observing masked individuals setting up tents and removing barricades. At 9:17 AM EDT, the Deputy Chief gave verbal commands for the group to disperse within 10 minutes. The Emory Emergency Notification System issued an alert at 9:23 AM EDT advising the community to avoid the Quad. What followed was a forceful police response involving Emory PD, Atlanta Police, and Georgia State Patrol. Georgia DPS acknowledged deploying pepper balls and at least one Taser but publicly denied using tear gas; witnesses and protesters disputed that account, describing the chemical irritant clouds as tear gas. Twenty-eight people were arrested, including economics professor Caroline Fohlin, whose forceful arrest was captured on video and widely covered by national media. The incident became one of the most prominent examples of police force used against campus Gaza solidarity protests in spring 2024.
Analysis
Key Findings
The emergency alert was issued at 9:23 AM EDT on April 25, 2024, approximately six minutes after the verbal dispersal order, giving little transition time
28 people were arrested including faculty members, making it one of the more forceful campus protest clearances of spring 2024
Georgia State Patrol officially acknowledged deploying pepper balls and a Taser but publicly denied using tear gas; witnesses and protesters disputed that account, and the dispute over what was deployed drew significant national media attention
Outcome
28 individuals were arrested, including 20 Emory community members and several faculty. Economics professor Caroline Fohlin was pushed to the ground and restrained by officers in a widely circulated video. Charges were filed but many were later reduced or dropped.
Provenance
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Cite this case
Campus Alert Archive. "Emory University: Police cleared a protest encampment from the Quad; 28 arrested, including faculty." Incident of April 25, 2024. Added April 2026; last updated July 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/emory-university-civil-unrest-2024-04-25/
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Added April 2026Updated July 2026Via ingestion