Bizarre moment Portland university anti-Israel protestor wielding shield made from trash can charges cops and is quickly thrown to the ground

Footage showing a Portland State University student protestor crashing into a police officer while holding a makeshift shield and being arrested has emerged.

The Portland Police Bureau confirmed that officers were at the University to clear the unlawful occupation of Millar Library that began on Monday. 

The video shows two mask-clad protestors carrying shields made out of trash cans running directly toward a police officer as people cheered in the background.  

One of the protestors is then seen crashing into the official but ends up getting knocked down to the ground. 

Video shows one the protestors crashing into the official but ends up getting knocked down to the ground

The unidentified protestor can be seen running running away from the officer but ends up being caught by two others

The officials can be heard yelling, 'Stop, you're under arrest. Stop!' right before the crash. 

The unidentified protestor can be seen running away from the officer but ends up being caught by two others. 

As the demonstrator is handcuffed, the crowd can be heard yelling, 'Let him go!'

Ultimately, officers are seen carrying the man away from the crowds and handcuffing him as another official blocks the view. 

Ultimately, officers are seen carrying the man away from the crowds and handcuffing him as another official blocks the view

Protestors in Portland State University raided the school library to graffiti pro-Palestine messages on the walls 

Police officers scuffle with protestors trying to block vehicles taking detained students, who had been occupying the Portland State University's Millar Library

The Police Bureau has confirmed that they have made 'several such arrests' today.

'The Portland Police Bureau is actively collaborating with Portland State University to address the illegal activities at the university's Millar Library,' read a statement on its website.

Police also said: 'After a group of protestors departed from a peaceful First Amendment gathering and unlawfully entered the campus building on Monday, the PPB has been working in partnership with city leaders, other municipal bureaus, the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office and Portland State University to ensure a safe resolution.'

The footage a day after brutal clashes broke out between pro and anti-Israeli protestors at UCLA in Los Angeles - hours after cops in New York cleared a Gaza encampment at Columbia University.

There were scenes of mayhem with 'horrific acts of violence' as activists brawled openly in the grounds of UCLA deep into the night with fireworks hurled into crowds and objects thrown before police intervened.

The fighting erupted just hours after cops in New York dramatically raided halls at Columbia University in New York City and arrested 300 pro-Palestine protestors who had occupied the building. 

Around 200 pro-Israel supporters clashed with pro-Palestinian activists late on Tuesday night 

Police drag a protestor out of the line and into custody as law enforcement clears an encampment of pro-Palestinian protestors from the University of Arizona campus, early Wednesday

NYC Mayor Eric Adams blamed the majority of the trouble at the Ivy League college on outside agitators. 

'There is a movement to radicalize young people, and I'm not going to wait until it's done and all of a sudden acknowledge the existence of it,' he added.

'This is a global problem that young people are being influenced by those who are professionals at radicalizing our children and I'm not going to allow that to happen as the mayor of the city of New York.'

At the same time as the altercations were taking place in California, a protestor on the campus of the University of Arizona was struck in the head with a rubber bullet as four people were arrested with cops using 'non lethal chemical munitions.'

In New Orleans, state police and local police worked in tandem to disperse a crowd of protestors on Tulane University's campus.

That resulted in six arrests and the suspension of seven students. An investigation has been launched into whether or not faculty were actively in the protests. Meanwhile, group of protestors ransacked a library in Portland State University, also on Tuesday.

These incidents unfolded amid a deepening national crisis with dozens of universities around the United States struggling to contain similar protests.

Police face off against pro-Palestinian supporters at an encampment on the Library Mall of the University of Wisconsin on Wednesday

A firework reportedly thrown by pro-Israel supporters explodes close to the student encampment at UCLA overnight

 A pro-Palestinian demonstrator (center) is beaten during violent scenes at UCLA last night

A pro-Palestinian protestor is treated 'after being maced' during violent clashes at UCLA

Violence erupted through the night at UCLA before cops finally intervened to restore calm

Rival protestors brawled openly in the campus of UCLA overnight in scenes of mayhem

A pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of California, Los Angeles overnight

Pro-Israel supporters attempting to dismantle a Pro-Palestine encampment 

On Tuesday night, cops raided a Columbia University hall where activists had occupied the building 

In UCLA last night, protestors and counter-protestors were seen clashing with sticks, and tearing down metal barricades, TV footage showed. Others were seen launching fireworks or hurling objects at each other in the dark - lit up with laser pointers and bright flashlights.

The Los Angeles police department said that 'officers have been deployed, and are currently on the UCLA campus, to assist in restoring order.' 

The nationwide protests have posed a challenge to university administrators trying to balance free speech rights with complaints that the rallies have veered into anti-Semitism and hate.

The unrest has swept through US higher education institutions like wildfire, with many student protestors erecting tent encampments on campuses from coast to coast.