Shortly before officers entered the campus, the New York Police Department received a notice from Columbia authorizing officers to take action, a law enforcement official said.
Officers took protesters into custody late Tuesday after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus. The scene unfolded shortly after 9 p.m. as police, wearing helmets and carrying zip ties and riot shields, massed at the Ivy League university's entrance.
's move came hours after department brass said officers wouldn’t enter the Columbia campus without a request from college adminstrators or an imminent emergency. Columbia's protests this month kicked off demonstrations that now span from California to Massachusetts. As May commencement ceremonies near, administrators face added pressure to clear protesters.
officials made similar claims about “outside agitators” during the huge, grassroots demonstrations against racial injustice that erupted across the city after the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a policeman. In some instances, police officials falsely labeled peaceful marches organized by well-known neighborhood activists as the work of violent extremists. Attanasio, Offenhartz and Mattise write for the Associated Press. Attanasio and Offenhartz reported from New York and Matisse from Nashville.
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