NYPD officers in riot gear arrest pro-Palestinian student protestors as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University's encampment in New York City. The protesters want a divestment from companies supporting Israel's government.
At the start of the police operation around 21:00 ET throngs of helmeted police marched onto the elite campus in upper Manhattan, a focal point of student rallies that have spread to dozens of schools across the US in recent days expressing opposition to Israel's war in Gaza.Soon after, a long line of officers climbed into Hamilton Hall, an academic building that protesters had broken into and occupied in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
NYPD officers arrive in riot gear to evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City. New York police entered Columbia University's campus late and were in front of a building barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters, an AFP reporter saw.
At an evening news briefing held a few hours before police entered Columbia, Mayor Eric Adams and city police officials said the Hamilton Hall takeover was instigated by"outside agitators" who lack any affiliation with Columbia and are known to law enforcement for provoking lawlessness. The 7 October attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza, and the ensuing Israeli offensive on the Palestinian enclave, have unleashed the biggest outpouring of US student activism since the anti-racism protests of 2020.
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