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NYPD officers descended on Columbia University just after 9 p.m. and started clearing the encampment. Protesters just outside of campus were seen being placed in zip ties.Protesters stormed and occupied a building on Columbia University's main campus overnight, flying a Palestinian flag from Hamilton Hall after an NBC News reporter saw windows smashed and dozens of protesters entering the building.
Just before New York City police officers entered campus, officers began warning protesters outside that they would be arrested if they did not disperse.And shortly after the warning, several protesters were seen being placed in zip ties. Video shot in Manhattan near the campus of Columbia University shows police officers in riot gear a few hours after New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a protest there “must end.”Timothy A. Clary / AFP - Getty Images
Chanting continues at time, and there’s speculation among the crowd about when — not whether — police will take action. She said they do not profess any particular ideology or political interest — they’re there to create confusion and engage, perhaps violently, with police. Police said early this morning when protesters broke windows at Columbia’s Hamilton Hall and took it over that officers were outside the Manhattan campus but not on the grounds.“I’m urging every student and protester to walk away from this situation now, and continue your advocacy through other means,” Adams said.
Early this morning, protesters with hammers broke windows at Hamilton Hall and took over the building, using furniture and other items to barricade the building.Protesters at the University of South Florida in Tampa were hit with tear gas by officers on campus, according to NBC affiliate WFLA.reported that protesters were warned at 4:50 p.m. ET that they must disband or be subjected to tear gas and rubber bullets. Tear gas was deployed 25 minutes later, and at least two people were detained.
Additionally, a group of students will meet with five members of the governing body in May. Paxson said in a statement that she could not condone the encampment, which violated policy, but appreciated the"sincere efforts" from students to avoid escalation. Grosso said she would be at the encampment right now if she hadn't been suspended, adding that Columbia's administration is"not negotiating in good faith on this matter," prioritizing finances over"listening to students and caring about an active genocide."
“We ask administrators to stop targeting students who express pro-Palestinian views, as USC recently did when it barred its South Asian American valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, from speaking at graduation,” Kulkarni said in the statement. “Most urgently, we call on universities to remove law enforcement from sites of peaceful protest and cease the use of violence on demonstrators.
“It just feels like this university is so far beyond the law and their own policies and regulations that all of us have no idea what could come,” Alwan said. “We might be targeted by association.” “This is my job. So yeah, it’s kind of inconvenient,” lab tech David Johnson said after being denied entry at 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. “Up to now, everything seemed normal, just having to swipe in."“I would like to go up my office to do my work, so this is a problem,” Lochab said after being turned away. “It’s not the students . I feel like the administration should be doing more to de-escalate and not escalate the situation," he said.
There were two Palestinian intifadas — in 1987, and between 2000 and 2005 — which saw widespread civil disobedience and violence that was met with a strong Israeli military response. In the second intifada, more than 4,000 Palestinians and 1,000 Israelis died, according to Three arrested at the University of South Florida's Tampa campus — one student, one employee and one person unaffiliated with the school.
Barnard College, which is affiliated with Columbia, also moved to Barnard ID access only, barring guests from campus and canceling all in-person events.There were about 20 tents in the encampment as of yesterday afternoon, and protesters ignored school warnings take down the tents, a school spokesperson said.
"All the protesters chose to leave the encampment, and the university is in the process of clearing tents and other items from the area," the statement said.One person was charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, for allegedly spitting on a police officer as a protest was broken up at the University of Florida last night.
Meanwhile protesters say they’ll stay put as they demand the school disclose all of its holdings and investments, and divest from weapons manufacturing and from holdings in businesses that profit from Israel’s invasion of Gaza.As pro-Palestinian protests continue on colleges across the nation, House Speaker Mike Johnson will later today announce what his team call a"House-wide crackdown on the virus of antisemitism spreading throughout college campuses.
"This is not complicated: The University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children — they knew the rules, they broke the rules, and they'll face the consequences." spokesman Steve Orlando said in a statement. At least 17 tents were on Lewisohn Lawn, outside Lewisohn Hall, at 3 a.m. this morning. That's a short walk from Hamilton Hall, which protesters have occupied.A campus building at Princeton University was briefly occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters late last night, before 13 people involved with the incident were arrested, the college said.
"We want to be clear: We do not condone and will not allow trespassing, hate speech, antisemitism and bias against religious or ethnic groups, harassment, intimidation, violence, and other criminal acts on any of our campuses," college president Michael A. Fitts said.that 40 Tulane University police officers were involved in removing tents from an"unregistered and unsanctioned" protest, which was part of the ongoing nationwide pro-Palestinian solidarity movement.
Hamas officials were in Cairo yesterday to discuss the proposal with Egypt. Bassem Naim, a senior Hamas official, tells NBC News that delegation has now left the Egyptian capital. Officers removed about a dozen tents, as well as stashes of water, food and toilet paper, the university said, adding that some voluntarily took down their tent.
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