Police released body camera footage on Friday from pro-Palestinian protests at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the spring semester.

Prior to April 30, students at the school and protesters set up tent encampments around the main quad known as Polk Place. On the morning of April 30th, several police officers moved in and tore down several of the tents and began removing protesters.

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WRAL News received more than 30 clips from the protests more than six months later.

Police detained some protesters with zip ties, and one person was dragged away by officers.

In the video, police began telling protesters to leave the area, with one protester being dragged away by police.

Later in the afternoon, several protesters returned to the quad, removing an American flag and replacing it with a Palestinian flag. Officers then moved in and began clearing protesters out of the quad, setting of a tense exchange with protesters.

Dozens of police officers entered the main quad along with UNC Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day and non-mandatory operations were suspended with emotions running high.

Protesters said they were calling for financial transparency from university, and wanted the school to cut ties with Israel, which has been engaged in a war with Hamas after militants killed 1,200 people in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

Since the attacks, more than 43,000 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.

Students wanted administrators to release information on investments with Israeli-connected companies and to divest from those companies, which means move those investments to something else.

Students at UNC weren't the only ones protesting. Students at several colleges, including Columbia University, were staging protests and tent encampments to protest the Israel-Hamas war and call on the United States to end military aid to the country.

In total, 36 people were taken into custody at UNC in the protests, and some were later charged.