Criticism from campus to Congress: A dark end to UCLA Chancellor Block’s tenure

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block was once known as a defender of human rights, protector of undocumented students and a champion of equality, but weeks of campus protest and conflict have left a bloodstain on his legacy.

Golf ball-sized contusions, brain hemorrhages, and bone fractures — these are among the injuries reported by UCLA students in the Palestine solidarity encampment following an attack by counter protesters on April 30 and raid by law enforcement on May 1.

And there are scars that can’t be seen.