NEW YORK.— A large number of New York City police officers burst into the Columbia University Tuesday night, while dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators They remained on campus.
Shortly before the agents entered the campus, the New York Police Department received a notice from Columbia authorizing police to take action, a police official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached the Hamilton Hallthe administration building that the students began to occupy in the morning.
Students put up tents again after police broke up an encampment at the university on April 18 past and arrested more than 100 people.
What’s happening at Hamilton Hall, Columbia University?
The students They had been protesting on the Manhattan campus from the previous day, to express his opposition to the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip and to demand that the university divest from companies they claim are profiting from the conflict.
The protests have spread to campuses in various parts of the country as May graduation ceremonies approach, which has increased pressure on schools to clear protesters.
More than a thousand protesters have been arrested in the last two weeks on campuses in states like Texas, Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, New Mexico, Connecticut, Louisiana, California and New Jersey, some after violent clashes with riot police.
“Step away from this situation now and continue your activism through other means,” he said. Mayor Eric Adams to protesters in Columbia on Tuesday afternoon. “This must end now.”
The White House condemned the clashes in Columbia and in the California Polytechnic State University, Humboldt Campuswhere protesters had occupied two buildings until baton-wielding officers intervened overnight and They arrested 25 people. Authorities estimated total damage to the Northern California campus at more than $1 million.
President Joe Biden believes student occupation of academic buildings is “absolutely wrong approach” and “it is not an example of peaceful protest,” he declared. John Kirbyspokesman for the National Security Council.
Other universities have attempted to negotiate agreements with protesters in hopes of holding peaceful graduation ceremonies.
In the police raid tonight, to evict the protesters, disturbances have been reported.
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2024-05-10 04:57:44