FOX 7 Austin photographer among dozens arrested at pro-Palestinian protest at UT campus

A photojournalist with FOX 7 Austin was arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas at Austin on Wednesday.

Video footage posted on YouTube by FOX 7 Austin shows the photographer taking footage of the moment law enforcement began pushing back the protest line, resulting in the photographer being pushed into an officer. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper pulled him backward before detaining him, according to FOX 7 Austin.

In another clip shared on X, formerly Twitter, the photographer identified himself as Carlos and said that he was being pushed and was told he had hit an officer. When asked if this has ever happened and if he told troopers he was a journalist, Carlos said, "No, this has never happened to me. I was just covering things and they were pushing. Yeah, I told him that I was the press. This one says I was hitting an officer. I was not hitting nobody."

Carlos was charged with criminal trespassing, FOX 7 reporter Meredith Aldis said on X. He was released from Travis County Jail Thursday morning, after he was booked at 8:29 p.m. Wednesday, FOX 7 reporter Jessica Rivera shared on X.

At least 30 individuals were detained during the rally, which was organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee, part of Students for Justice in Palestine.

The protest aimed to urge an end to the Israel-Hamas war, aligning with national student demands for universities to divest from Israeli companies and for the U.S. government to cease military support for Israel.