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PITTSBURGH – Campus streets and buildings have reopened after Pitt Police declared a public safety emergency on O’Hara Street during a demonstration on campus Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n
HAPPENING NOW: A couple of hundred protest outside the O’Hara Student Center on the Pitt campus. Conservative commentator Michael Knowles engages in a transgender debate inside. @WPXI<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/xikKJWofx2<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Rich Pierce (@RichPierceWPXI) April 19, 2023<\/a> <\/p>\n A planned demonstration took place outside the O’Hara Student Center when conservative commentator Michael Knowles took the stage for a debate about the transgender community.<\/p>\n Police said an incendiary device, later identified as a smoke bomb, was fired outside the O’Hara Student Center. There was also an image of Knowles burned in effigy.<\/p>\n Several buildings were closed or closed during and after the demonstration.<\/p>\n During the protests, students were allowed into residence halls with proper identification. Access for all guests not affiliated with the university was restricted.<\/p>\n There were no injuries during the demonstrations. Pitt police said medics were called to the area as a precaution.<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow the news of Channel 11 Facebook<\/a> i Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/p>\n MAIN STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92023 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n