There were tense moments at the campus of Cooper Union in Manhattan on Wednesday afternoon. Students who are pro-Israel say they felt unsafe as pro-Palestinian demonstrators banged and chanted outside the library they were studying in. They tell CBS New York's Lisa Rozner school staff locked them in the library due to safety concerns.
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