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Hundreds Arrested As NYPD Disperses Columbia Protests
Reported Apr 18 at 2:06 PM · Updated May 1 at 9:11 AM · 1.5M Viewed
Summary
Pro-Palestinian encampment style protests continue to grow at multiple major U.S. universities, and local law enforcement officers have arrested hundreds of demonstrators in the last few days.
Protesters are erecting tents and demanding universities divest from any companies that provide weapons or support to Israel.
New York City protests include [The New School](https://citizen.com/-Nw5XK_XGIx38KduxFSO) and Columbia University, where protests initially began days ago.
[Protesters and police clashed at University of Southern California Los Angeles](https://citizen.com/-NwG7yv5dWiJSaqFRLZP), leading to multiple arrests. [At the University of Texas at Austin, at least 20 people were arrested after demonstrating on campus](https://citizen.com/-NwG3lmbBqS0_WpfvLEO).
[Protests are also ongoing at Harvard, where the campus yard was shut down in anticipation of demonstrations](https://citizen.com/-Nw5ZZf0Y_Rc0CcQb0Un).
[Yale](https://citizen.com/-Nw59C9u1IHPe1DoY3lE), [UC Berkeley](https://citizen.com/-NwBOps2SsSM3d-2U--C), [Cal Poly](https://citizen.com/-Nw7zgP_MViIad6vRufQ) and [the University of Minnesota](https://citizen.com/-NwBdwLULo1gvWAK4LML) have also seen protests on campus.
Stay with Citizen for all the latest updates from across the nation.
Pro-Palestinian encampment style protests continue to grow at multiple major U.S. universities, and local law enforcement officers have arrested hundreds of demonstrators in the last few days.
Protesters are erecting tents and demanding universities divest from any companies that provide weapons or support to Israel.
New York City protests include [The New School](https://citizen.com/-Nw5XK_XGIx38KduxFSO) and Columbia University, where protests initially began days ago.
[Protesters and police clashed at University of Southern California Los Angeles](https://citizen.com/-NwG7yv5dWiJSaqFRLZP), leading to multiple arrests. [At the University of Texas at Austin, at least 20 people were arrested after demonstrating on campus](https://citizen.com/-NwG3lmbBqS0_WpfvLEO).
[Protests are also ongoing at Harvard, where the campus yard was shut down in anticipation of demonstrations](https://citizen.com/-Nw5ZZf0Y_Rc0CcQb0Un).
[Yale](https://citizen.com/-Nw59C9u1IHPe1DoY3lE), [UC Berkeley](https://citizen.com/-NwBOps2SsSM3d-2U--C), [Cal Poly](https://citizen.com/-Nw7zgP_MViIad6vRufQ) and [the University of Minnesota](https://citizen.com/-NwBdwLULo1gvWAK4LML) have also seen protests on campus.
Stay with Citizen for all the latest updates from across the nation.
Pro-Palestinian encampment style protests continue to grow at multiple major U.S. universities, and local law enforcement officers have arrested hundreds of demonstrators in the last few days.
Protesters are erecting tents and demanding universities divest from any companies that provide weapons or support to Israel.
New York City protests include [The New School](https://citizen.com/-Nw5XK_XGIx38KduxFSO) and Columbia University, where protests initially began days ago.
[Protesters and police clashed at University of Southern California Los Angeles](https://citizen.com/-NwG7yv5dWiJSaqFRLZP), leading to multiple arrests. [At the University of Texas at Austin, at least 20 people were arrested after demonstrating on campus](https://citizen.com/-NwG3lmbBqS0_WpfvLEO).
[Protests are also ongoing at Harvard, where the campus yard was shut down in anticipation of demonstrations](https://citizen.com/-Nw5ZZf0Y_Rc0CcQb0Un).
[Yale](https://citizen.com/-Nw59C9u1IHPe1DoY3lE), [UC Berkeley](https://citizen.com/-NwBOps2SsSM3d-2U--C), [Cal Poly](https://citizen.com/-Nw7zgP_MViIad6vRufQ) and [the University of Minnesota](https://citizen.com/-NwBdwLULo1gvWAK4LML) have also seen protests on campus.
Stay with Citizen for all the latest updates from across the nation.
Pro-Palestinian encampment style protests continue to grow at multiple major U.S. universities, and local law enforcement officers have arrested hundreds of demonstrators in the last few days.
Protesters are erecting tents and demanding universities divest from any companies that provide weapons or support to Israel.
New York City protests include [The New School](https://citizen.com/-Nw5XK_XGIx38KduxFSO) and Columbia University, where protests initially began days ago.
[Protesters and police clashed at University of Southern California Los Angeles](https://citizen.com/-NwG7yv5dWiJSaqFRLZP), leading to multiple arrests. [At the University of Texas at Austin, at least 20 people were arrested after demonstrating on campus](https://citizen.com/-NwG3lmbBqS0_WpfvLEO).
[Protests are also ongoing at Harvard, where the campus yard was shut down in anticipation of demonstrations](https://citizen.com/-Nw5ZZf0Y_Rc0CcQb0Un).
[Yale](https://citizen.com/-Nw59C9u1IHPe1DoY3lE), [UC Berkeley](https://citizen.com/-NwBOps2SsSM3d-2U--C), [Cal Poly](https://citizen.com/-Nw7zgP_MViIad6vRufQ) and [the University of Minnesota](https://citizen.com/-NwBdwLULo1gvWAK4LML) have also seen protests on campus.
Stay with Citizen for all the latest updates from across the nation.
Pro-Palestinian encampment style protests continue to grow at multiple major U.S. universities, and local law enforcement officers have arrested hundreds of demonstrators in the last few days.
Protesters are erecting tents and demanding universities divest from any companies that provide weapons or support to Israel.
New York City protests include [The New School](https://citizen.com/-Nw5XK_XGIx38KduxFSO) and Columbia University, where protests initially began days ago.
[Protesters and police clashed at University of Southern California Los Angeles](https://citizen.com/-NwG7yv5dWiJSaqFRLZP), leading to multiple arrests. [At the University of Texas at Austin, at least 20 people were arrested after demonstrating on campus](https://citizen.com/-NwG3lmbBqS0_WpfvLEO).
[Protests are also ongoing at Harvard, where the campus yard was shut down in anticipation of demonstrations](https://citizen.com/-Nw5ZZf0Y_Rc0CcQb0Un).
[Yale](https://citizen.com/-Nw59C9u1IHPe1DoY3lE), [UC Berkeley](https://citizen.com/-NwBOps2SsSM3d-2U--C), [Cal Poly](https://citizen.com/-Nw7zgP_MViIad6vRufQ) and [the University of Minnesota](https://citizen.com/-NwBdwLULo1gvWAK4LML) have also seen protests on campus.
Stay with Citizen for all the latest updates from across the nation.
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Police report approximately 15 Pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered in an orderly fashion on the sidewalk in front of Columbia University, with no counter-protesters present.
The overwhelming majority of arrests were made "without incident," the NYPD says.
Preliminary charges for those arrested range from trespass, to criminal mischief, to burglary, the NYPD said.
Approximately 300 people were arrested at Columbia and City College, Adams said. NYPD officials are working to determine which of those in custody are students.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the NYPD went into Columbia last night at the university's request, after the school confirmed "outside agitators" were involved in the occupation of Hamilton Hall.
Over 200 people were arrested last night after the NYPD entered a building using a vehicle named "the bear" where protesters were barricaded.
Police report approximately 15 Pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered in an orderly fashion on the sidewalk in front of Columbia University, with no counter-protesters present.
The overwhelming majority of arrests were made "without incident," the NYPD says.
Preliminary charges for those arrested range from trespass, to criminal mischief, to burglary, the NYPD said.
Approximately 300 people were arrested at Columbia and City College, Adams said. NYPD officials are working to determine which of those in custody are students.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the NYPD went into Columbia last night at the university's request, after the school confirmed "outside agitators" were involved in the occupation of Hamilton Hall.
Over 200 people were arrested last night after the NYPD entered a building using a vehicle named "the bear" where protesters were barricaded.
Police report approximately 15 Pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered in an orderly fashion on the sidewalk in front of Columbia University, with no counter-protesters present.
The overwhelming majority of arrests were made "without incident," the NYPD says.
Preliminary charges for those arrested range from trespass, to criminal mischief, to burglary, the NYPD said.
Approximately 300 people were arrested at Columbia and City College, Adams said. NYPD officials are working to determine which of those in custody are students.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the NYPD went into Columbia last night at the university's request, after the school confirmed "outside agitators" were involved in the occupation of Hamilton Hall.
Over 200 people were arrested last night after the NYPD entered a building using a vehicle named "the bear" where protesters were barricaded.
Police report approximately 15 Pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered in an orderly fashion on the sidewalk in front of Columbia University, with no counter-protesters present.
The overwhelming majority of arrests were made "without incident," the NYPD says.
Preliminary charges for those arrested range from trespass, to criminal mischief, to burglary, the NYPD said.
Approximately 300 people were arrested at Columbia and City College, Adams said. NYPD officials are working to determine which of those in custody are students.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the NYPD went into Columbia last night at the university's request, after the school confirmed "outside agitators" were involved in the occupation of Hamilton Hall.
Over 200 people were arrested last night after the NYPD entered a building using a vehicle named "the bear" where protesters were barricaded.
Police report approximately 15 Pro-Palestinian protesters are gathered in an orderly fashion on the sidewalk in front of Columbia University, with no counter-protesters present.
The overwhelming majority of arrests were made "without incident," the NYPD says.
Preliminary charges for those arrested range from trespass, to criminal mischief, to burglary, the NYPD said.
Approximately 300 people were arrested at Columbia and City College, Adams said. NYPD officials are working to determine which of those in custody are students.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the NYPD went into Columbia last night at the university's request, after the school confirmed "outside agitators" were involved in the occupation of Hamilton Hall.
Over 200 people were arrested last night after the NYPD entered a building using a vehicle named "the bear" where protesters were barricaded.
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The Nakba started decades ago. It's time for change. What is going on in Gaza is unconscionable.
@Realistic1 you have no clue what you are talking about. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has killed several thousand innocent Israeli civilians just for being alive. Hamas hides itself in hospitals, schools, mosques and the like to inflict as much carnage on its own people to rally your support. Truth be told, the people that are living in Gaza were kicked out of several countries before Israel bent over backwards to allow them to have a place to live. Iran is also helping Hamas and Hezbollah and has vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Please do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself from sources other than MSNBC and CNN.
Everyone who’s angry at these protest would have supported segregation and been just as mad at those protest too.
@NewYorkUser800582004 ain’t that the truth
Most of these people think they’re revolutionaries. You’re a joke and the governments laughs at you all
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The Nakba started decades ago. It's time for change. What is going on in Gaza is unconscionable.
@Realistic1 you have no clue what you are talking about. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has killed several thousand innocent Israeli civilians just for being alive. Hamas hides itself in hospitals, schools, mosques and the like to inflict as much carnage on its own people to rally your support. Truth be told, the people that are living in Gaza were kicked out of several countries before Israel bent over backwards to allow them to have a place to live. Iran is also helping Hamas and Hezbollah and has vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Please do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself from sources other than MSNBC and CNN.
Everyone who’s angry at these protest would have supported segregation and been just as mad at those protest too.
@NewYorkUser800582004 ain’t that the truth
Most of these people think they’re revolutionaries. You’re a joke and the governments laughs at you all
MEXICANS FOR TRUMP2024🇺🇸🇺🇸
@MesaUser730506002 yessir
The Nakba started decades ago. It's time for change. What is going on in Gaza is unconscionable.
@Realistic1 you have no clue what you are talking about. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has killed several thousand innocent Israeli civilians just for being alive. Hamas hides itself in hospitals, schools, mosques and the like to inflict as much carnage on its own people to rally your support. Truth be told, the people that are living in Gaza were kicked out of several countries before Israel bent over backwards to allow them to have a place to live. Iran is also helping Hamas and Hezbollah and has vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Please do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself from sources other than MSNBC and CNN.
Everyone who’s angry at these protest would have supported segregation and been just as mad at those protest too.
@NewYorkUser800582004 ain’t that the truth
Most of these people think they’re revolutionaries. You’re a joke and the governments laughs at you all
MEXICANS FOR TRUMP2024🇺🇸🇺🇸
@MesaUser730506002 yessir
The Nakba started decades ago. It's time for change. What is going on in Gaza is unconscionable.
@Realistic1 you have no clue what you are talking about. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has killed several thousand innocent Israeli civilians just for being alive. Hamas hides itself in hospitals, schools, mosques and the like to inflict as much carnage on its own people to rally your support. Truth be told, the people that are living in Gaza were kicked out of several countries before Israel bent over backwards to allow them to have a place to live. Iran is also helping Hamas and Hezbollah and has vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Please do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself from sources other than MSNBC and CNN.
Everyone who’s angry at these protest would have supported segregation and been just as mad at those protest too.
@NewYorkUser800582004 ain’t that the truth
Most of these people think they’re revolutionaries. You’re a joke and the governments laughs at you all
MEXICANS FOR TRUMP2024🇺🇸🇺🇸
@MesaUser730506002 yessir
The Nakba started decades ago. It's time for change. What is going on in Gaza is unconscionable.
@Realistic1 you have no clue what you are talking about. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has killed several thousand innocent Israeli civilians just for being alive. Hamas hides itself in hospitals, schools, mosques and the like to inflict as much carnage on its own people to rally your support. Truth be told, the people that are living in Gaza were kicked out of several countries before Israel bent over backwards to allow them to have a place to live. Iran is also helping Hamas and Hezbollah and has vowed to wipe Israel off the face of the map. Please do yourself a huge favor and educate yourself from sources other than MSNBC and CNN.
Everyone who’s angry at these protest would have supported segregation and been just as mad at those protest too.
@NewYorkUser800582004 ain’t that the truth
Most of these people think they’re revolutionaries. You’re a joke and the governments laughs at you all
MEXICANS FOR TRUMP2024🇺🇸🇺🇸
@MesaUser730506002 yessir
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