Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on GBH Radio on Tuesday doubled down on her support and defense of Boston police who arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters and cleared an encampment students erected in an alleyway adjacent to Emerson College in a chaotic early morning scene last month.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the city tried for days to de-escalate the protest encampment at Emerson College, and protesters were even offered around-the-clock warming rooms in exchange for taking down their tents,

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu on Tuesday defended the recent clearance of a pro-Palestinian encampment at Emerson College by Boston Police, saying a city ordinance prohibiting encampments can't be selectively applied and that the protesters there “wanted to get arrested.”