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
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NYPD Raids Columbia, Protesters Arrested Update (2335ET): The NYPD stormed Columbia University Tuesday evening at around 9pm local time, where they began arresting students occupying Hamilton Hall and cleared a nearby protest encampment on the college's lawn. BREAKING 🚨 Massive amounts of NYPD officers have entered the @Columbia campus to clear out pro-Hamas occupiers. pic.twitter.com/Ujj2Dxz30w — Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) May 1, 2024 Around 50 students were arrested and...
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How the showdown at Columbia University between protesters and NYPD unfolded
The first sign that the weekslong standoff at Columbia University was nearing a dramatic finale came after dusk, when New York City police officers clad in riot gear began massing south of the east gate of the venerable Ivy League school. It was around 9 p.m. Tuesday and the pro-Palestinian protesters standing in front of the wrought-iron gate could see the police gathering, and they were defiant. “We will not move. We will not bend,” they chanted. “The occupation has to end.” The protests had...