Demonstrators arrested after protesting outside Claremont Police Department

Dozens of protesters were arrested after gathering outside the Claremont Police Department on Friday night 

While police formed a skirmish line inside the perimeter of their property, a fence separated the two sides. 

Officers approached the dozens of protesters several times. The pro-Palestinian group of student protesters gathered at Pomona College earlier on Friday.

"Campus Safety reported that approximately 100-150 protesters were outside the President's Office and another 30-40 protesters had stormed inside the building and taken over the President's Office," said a statement from the police department on Saturday. "Communication was immediately established by School Administration with the protesters, but they refused to leave the building."

The group that organized the protest, Pomona Divest Apartheid, said in a post on Instagram that they entered the campus' Alexander Hall in order to protest the "forceful removal of their apartheid wall" which had artwork from students supporting Palestine. 

20 people were taken into custody, 19 of which were charged with trespassing. One person was also allegedly charged with obstruction of justice, police said. All were booked and released with a written promise to appear, police said. 

KCAL News reached out to Claremont police for more information but has not heard back since Friday night. 

Pomona College President Gabi Starr issued a statement on Friday, which indicated that any students who have participated in the protests could be suspended. 

"Any participants in today's events on the SCC lawn or in Alexander Hall, who turn out to be Pomona students, are subject to immediate suspension. Students from the other Claremont Colleges will be banned from Pomona's campus and subject to discipline on their own campuses. All individual participants not part of The Claremont Colleges community are hereby banned from campus immediately," her statement said.