Earlier in the sit-in, police had used pepper spray against some of the participants. The students had listed 7 demands, most designed to remove apparel industry control over monitoring. Citing Ward's reputation for backsliding, activists were continuing their sit-in to secure a clear commitment on WRC membership and to pressure the university to address the other 6 demands. All have been released as of Monday night. Most students were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and unlawful assembly, a few received charges of resisting arrest or obstruction of justice.
All students are safe, and no one was seriously physically harmed.
If convicted, an unlawful assembly charge could provide the pretext for suspending students for 6 months from the university. While the sit-in is over for now, the police raid has had the opposite of the administration's intended effect. Instead, energy and commitment has skyrocketed in the past day. Over 150 people showed up to a press conference at the jail this afternoon that was only called this morning and spread through email and word of mouth. Penn has yet to join the Worker Rights Consortium.