Scores of impassioned protesters marched down Figueroa Street, the very path leading to the red carpet of the major event at the Peacock Theatre, the site of the Emmy Awards.

University President Nemat Minouche Shafik said in a statement that days of negotiations between student organizers and academic leaders had failed to persuade demonstrators to remove the dozens of tents set up to express opposition to Israel's war in Gaza.

The heavy-handedness led students in Atlanta to shout, "Stop Cop City."