AUSTIN, Texas — State police officers arrested dozens of protesters who set up a pro-Palestinian encampment at the center of the University of Texas at Austin on Monday in a fiery showdown that turned violent on the final day of classes for the spring semester.

By midday, several hundred people were seated on the lawn of the academic pavilion, refusing to leave after campus officials and law enforcement asked them to do so.

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