Pro-Palestinian protesters pelt objects at Joe Biden outside Irish university

Three men have been arrested after protesters pelted objects at former President Joe Biden outside a university in Dublin, police in Ireland said Wednesday.

Videos showed protesters, some waving Palestinian flags, chanting “blood on your hands” and scuffling with police officers outside Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday, as he attended a ceremony honoring his son, Hunter, alongside former first lady Jill Biden. White liquid, believed to be milk, could also be seen flying through the air towards the group.

Hunter was being honored by its traditional Hist debating society, which dates back to 1770. Previous recipients of the Gold Medal for Outstanding Contribution to Public Discourse include Irish musician Bob Geldof, South African bishop Desmond Tutu, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the late U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy.

During his acceptance speech in the university’s Exam Hall, Hunter discussed his addictions, family life and being in the public eye. “We are living in an age of bullies,” he said, adding that he had learned this from “my own scars.”

Shortly after the ceremony a “protest took place in Trinity’s Front Square,” Catherine O’Mahony, a spokesperson for the college said in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday.

She said “the protest…

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