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The Office of the Inspector General for NYPD launched an investigation into the social media conduct of the city police force.

Columbia University’s President, Minouche Shafik, was called to testify in Congress about the ongoing campus protests over the war in Gaza.

The NYPD is beginning to incorporate drones into more of their patrols to help deal with large crowds, protests, and spontaneous demonstrations.

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Columbia offers a case-study in how right-wing politicians are using exaggerated claims of anti-semitism to advance a conservative agenda.

A favorite quote from the recent campus conflicts comes from Adam Young, a freshman at the New School in New York. After student trespassers were arrested and hauled to police

"It's not surprising that Columbia was the locus of solidarity. In April 1968, students occupied buildings on campus to protest the Vietnam War as well as Columbia's plans to build a gymnasium in the largely Black-adjoining neighborhood of Harlem (which they called "Gym Crow"). Columbia officials summoned the NYPD then, too."

The NYPD clears campuses amid rising tensions: removal of Palestinian flag sparks controversy and arrests as protests escalate.

The current flood of student protests are not what they appear to be. There is a sinister goal far beyond what is obvious.

The New York City Police Department has been subject to criticism for its messaging around the student protests gripping college campuses across the nation as top brass share politically biased posts online.