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The New York City mayor has claimed police arrested protesters after non-student elements escalated the situation
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The New York City mayor has claimed police arrested protesters after non-student elements escalated the situation
NEW YORK — Over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested when an army of NYPD cops stormed Columbia University to end the seizure of a school building where all the doors had been barricaded with bicycle locks, officials said Wednesday. “This is what we encountered on every door inside Hamilton Hall,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Tarik Sheppard said in a Wednesday morning ...
The mayor said the occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University was led by “outside agitators.”
The New York Police Department estimates the agency may need to deploy about 15 to 20 officers to Columbia University depending on the university’s security needs after Tuesday night’s breakdown of on-campus encampments to secure school grounds, NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey told CNN.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested 282 protestors at Columbia University and City University of New York on Tuesday night.