More than 100 people were arrested by New York Police Department officers on a preliminary charge of criminal trespass, according to a law enforcement official, as police entered Columbia University on Thursday to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest that began a day earlier as the university’s president testified before a House committee about the school’s response to antisemitism. The individuals were detained with no resistance, and the university is named as the complainant since the incident...
NEW YORK — Police arrested more than 100 protesters on Columbia
The day after Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik testified about antisemitism on campus before a House congressional committee, New York City Police Department officers descended on university grounds and arrested more than 108 peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters. It was a huge escalation in the university's ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestinian protesters. Students had formed a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on the university's South Lawn on Wednesday, as they reiterated calls...
By: Christian Wade | The Center Square Pro-Palestinian protesters broke windows, barricaded doors and occupied a building at New York's Columbia University overnight after school officials said they would not cede to demands from demonstrators to divest assets from the Israeli government. The breach of Columbia's Hamilton Hall began around 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday by
French police broke up a pro-Palestinian protest by dozens of university students in Paris, officials said on Thursday, as Israel's bombardment of Gaza sparks a wave of anger across college campuses in the United States.
Over 100 people were arrested and issued summonses for trespass — including Rep. Ilhan Omar’s daughter — after protesters set up an encampment at New York’s Columbia University in support of Gaza, police said. The demonstrators occupied the space on the university's South Lawn for 30 hours, Mayor Eric Adams said after the arrests Thursday. Columbia asked the NYPD for help and said the students had been suspended and were refusing to leave, police said. “Columbia University’s students have a...
Police started making arrests Thursday afternoon at a makeshift encampment that pro-Palestinian protesters had set up on
New York City police raided Columbia University late on Tuesday to arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some of whom had seized an academic building, and to remove a protest encampment the Ivy League school had sought to dismantle for nearly two weeks. Shortly after police moved in, Columbia University President
The NYPD cleared out a student-occupied encampment on the main lawn at Columbia University on Wednesday, April 18, 2024, in New York City. The pro-Palestinian students were protesting the war in Ga
Officers in riot gear clear out tent encampment and detain dozens occupying the campus lawn
New York police have removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on and arrested dozens of people
NEW YORK (AP) — New York police arrested protesters at Columbia University on Thursday who had set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Several students involved in the protest said they were also suspended from Columbia and Barnard College, including Isra Hirsi, who is the daughter of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat. The […]