Police move to arrest protesters at Columbia

Honolulu Star-Advertiser— NEW YORK >> The police cleared out a protest at Columbia University this afternoon, arresting dozens of demonstrators who had occupied a lawn on campus and throwing out their tent encampment. The actions came the day after university leaders pledged to Congress that they would crack down on unauthorized student protests tied to the war in the Gaza Strip.

KTSA—Arrests at Columbia University as police move in on pro-Palestinian protesters. Police started making arrests Thursday afternoon at a makeshift encampment that pro-Palestinian protesters had set up on

Japan Today—Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in Columbia University raid. 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

Bloomberg—Columbia University Protests: Police Enter Campus, Dozens of Arrests Reported. Dozens of New York City police officers surged onto Columbia University’s campus late Tuesday to clear out pro-Palestinian demonstrators who had barricaded themselves in a building, while violent clashes broke out at a separate protest at UCLA in Los Angeles.