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The police presence is growing near Columbia, hours after New York City officials said that the protest had been co-opted by outside agitators.
Video shot in Manhattan near the campus of Columbia University show police officers in riot gear, a few hours after New York City Mayor Eric Adams said a protest there “must end.”Adams and NYPD officials said outside agitators with no affiliation to Columbia have co-opted students’ protests against the war in Gaza, and have their own agenda.
A crowd gathering at the barricade on 113th is chanting,"Free Palestine," while Broadway, which is parallel to campus, is completely barricaded with no foot or motor traffic.Joe Howley, a Columbia classics professor, says faculty members have been trying to work with the administration and students to find a resolution.
She said it was the appearance of such actors — described as a handful in number — that led to the NYPD’s growing concern for what is happening at Columbia and what could happen if the schools asks the NYPD to act.The protests at Columbia have been taken over by outside agitators, and students should leave now, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said tonight.
“We cannot and will not allow what should be a peaceful gathering to turn into a violent spectacle that serves no purpose,” he said. “We cannot wait until this situation becomes even more serious. This must end now.”New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that what should have been a peaceful protest at Columbia University “has basically been co-opted by professional outside agitators” who want to sow chaos.
Video feed from the news station showed students lined up using umbrellas as shields and others stood with their arms locked in a circle.Earlier this afternoon, pro-Palestinian demonstrators began gathering in front of Columbia University’s Amsterdam Avenue entrance, which is currently the only entry point to the university’s Morningside Heights campus.
“The devastation and loss of life in the Middle East has prompted many to call for meaningful change, while also raising real issues about how best to accomplish this,” Paxson wrote. “Brown has always prided itself on resolving differences through dialog, debate and listening to each other.
"I think suspending students for peacefully protesting is absolutely unacceptable and shows that they are having a violent solution to a nonviolent action," Grosso said. Refrains of"Disclose. Divest. We will not rest until you divest," were chanted as they stood on the public sidewalk outside the university. A group of students inside the gates walked over and joined, chanting,"We will honor all our martyrs."
A student, who would not identify themselves out of safety concerns, told reporters earlier that Palestinian refugee Mahmoud Khalil was suspended this morning and barred from campus, which Alwan also confirmed. Khalil has spoken to media in recent weeks and had been participating in negotiations but said he was not part of the encampment, because arrest or discipline could risk his visa as an international student.
While the president “respects the right to free expression,” protests should be “peaceful and lawful,” the statement said. Since then, the phrase has become part of the lexicon of pro-Palestinian protesters across the world, while different groups interpret the term differently. The Anti-Defamation Leagueit is used as “the Arabic word for uprising.” CAIR says using intifada as a term referencing “killing Jews” is a “false claim.on Tuesday added an $80 flex sum for dining plan holders “in light of campus restrictions impacting access to several Columbia Dining locations.
Twenty-five people arrested from Cal Poly Humboldt early Tuesday as protests at Siemens Hall and Nelson Hall East were cleared by law enforcement.The New York Police Department received several 911 calls from Columbia University last night as a protest occurred at a school building, according to the department's chief spokesperson. The NYPD, paired with Columbia school safety, determined that there were no physical threats to anyone and no lives in danger.
“UConn Police directed them four times on Tuesday morning to remove the tents and disperse, and they again repeatedly ignored the directives," university spokesperson Stephanie Reitz said."Officers then entered the site to remove the tents and tarps, and to arrest those who refused compliance." It's not immediately clear how many people were arrested. NBC News is out to UConn Police for comment.
They were among nine people arrested by University of Florida Police and Florida Highway Patrol, the university's director of public affairs, Cynthia Roldan Hernandez, said in a statement. Other charges include failure to obey a lawful command, resistance without violence, and trespassing after warning.
Without specifying what measures this will include, a short press release said that House Republicans would"expand a wide-ranging investigation focused on holding accountable college and university administrators who fail at their core responsibility: keeping their students safe.
He said the college had"patiently told protesters — many of whom are outside agitators — that they were able to exercise their right to free speech and assembly."Protesters at Columbia University have compared their takeover of Hamilton Hall to past movements that saw students occupy the storied building, including the historic 1968 protests against the Vietnam War.
Princeton President Chris Eisgruber said the protesters occupied Clio Hall, where the graduate school is based. Of those arrested, five were undergraduates, six were graduate students, one was a postdoctoral researcher and another was not affiliated with the university, he said."Everyone on this campus needs to feel safe and to be safe. Faculty, students, and staff must be able to conduct University business without disruption, harassment, or threat," he said.
The six arrested people, who have not been identified, are accused of crimes include trespassing, battery on an officer and resisting arrest, the statement said. The U.S. is trying to secure a new truce deal that would see the release of hostages and head off a possible Israeli ground assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East leading a diplomatic push.
"Campuses serve as a stage and forum for not just students, but for members of the community who want their voice to be heard. We honor all voices, but the right to speech on our campus must occur within the confines of state law and campus policies," Keith Squires, the university’s chief safety officer said in the statement.Student protesters at Columbia University use a variety of items to block doorways inside Hamilton Hall in the early hours of this morning.
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