Yale, NYU follow Columbia’s lead with arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters


by MSNBC

MSNBC— Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik’s extraordinary decision to call the New York Police Department on peaceful pro-Palestinian protesters last week drew massive outrage. Yet similar scenes unfolded at other campuses Monday as dozens of student protesters were arrested. At Yale University, campus police officers arrested 60 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including 47 students, who had set up an encampment on campus to demand that the school divest from weapons manufacturers...

Fortune—Dozen of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale University after sweeping arrests at Columbia last week. Pro-Palestinian encampments have emerged on other campuses, including at the University of Michigan, New York University, and MIT.

WKBN.com—Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia. NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who []

WDTN—Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia. NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. More than 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who []