NYU pro-Palestine protests in chaos as cops make arrests & clear tents hours after Columbia shut down
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Drudge Report— NYU in chaos as cops make arrests and clear tents (First column, 11th story, link) Related stories:Colleges Struggle to Contain Intensifying Pro-Palestinian ProtestsALL CLASSES HELD VIRTUALLY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITYPolice storm YALE with riot gear Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron
FOX 11 Los Angeles—Pro-Palestine protesters arrested after hours-long protests on USC campus. Law enforcement is breaking up a large demonstration at the University of Southern California after students began camping out on campus to advocate for Palestine. The protest, "Gaza Solidarity Occupation," is part of a larger, nationwide trend of college demonstrations to support Palestinians in the Israel-Hamas War.Around 5 p.m., LAPD officers arrived on campus and issued a dispersal order. They ordered all protesters to move or face arrest. At least four people were arrested. While many...
Daily Mail—Panicked pro-Palestine protesters fall down the stairs as they try to flee hundreds of NYPD riot cops swooping on occupied Columbia University building and huge encampment: At least 50 are arrested. 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.
Gothamist—Arrests made at NYU as cops clear protesters’ encampment. Police move in to clear an encampment at NYU on Monday, April 22 2024. The clearing of the encampment at NYU comes five days after the NYPD arrested more than 100 protesters who put up tents on the lawn at Columbia University. [ more › ]