Pro-Palestine protestors gathered at the Met Gala in New York. The protests, part of a 'Day Of Rage For Gaza,' squared off with NYPD cops. Police arrested several protestors and were ready for more with plastic cuffs
The New York Police Department in riot gear stormed Columbia University's campus to quell pro-Palestine protests. The police action came after a week of peaceful demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war. read more
More than 1,000 pro-Palestinian protesters descended on the Met Gala as riot police made dozens of arrests and pulled people from the streets near the star-studded event - More than a thousand pro-Palestine protesters clashed with the NYPD just blocks from the Met Gala in New York on Monday night.Hundreds of people were seen marching from Hunter College a mile away but they were met with a quick response from the NYPD, who were preparing for the possibility of protesters showing up. Dozens of...
In late April, the NYPD finally descended upon the pro-Hamas mob that had taken over New York University and arrested dozens of professors and students. They’ve been back at work again Friday night,
NYU and New School, in separate statements, both said they requested police to move students from their campuses after multiple rounds of negotiations failed.
Hundreds of police swarm the campus after protesters occupied a college hall, the latest escalation amid weeks of demonstrations that have spread nationwide
Antonia Hylton, MSNBC correspondent reports live from outside Columbia University where, NBC News reports, the university has asked the City of New York for assistance, clearing the way for the NYPD to enter the campus and make arrests to clear pro-Palestine protesters. Tom Winter, NBC News investigative reporter joins Alex Wagner with further reporting as police begin to arrest students.
Monday’s clashes mark second time in less than a week state police called to campus
NYPD cops dressed in riot gear have stormed through the window of a Columbia University building to flush out dozens of pro-Palestine protesters barricaded within.
Police forcibly dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at the Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday and arrested dozens of protesters, hours after demonstrators had gathered in a garden at the institute and set up tents.
After the arrests, then-President Novice Fawcett released a statement that said the police action was appropriate and in line with university policy.
NEW ORLEANS - Fourteen arrests were made after police moved in on a protestor encampment on Tulane campus early Wednesday morning in an attempt to disperse a pro-Palestine crowd. WWL-TV reports that more than 100 officers from the New Orleans Police Department, Louisiana State police, and campus police moved in on the encampment, reportedly without warning. NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said the department's police monitor was on the scene to observe law enforcement, and that...