NYPD Arrests Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Columbia University: How It Happened
More than 100 people were arrested after Columbia University requested an NYPD crackdown on the protesters’ encampment.
Columbia University struck hard against pro-Palestinian protesters on Thursday, suspending student demonstrators and authorizing the NYPD to break up an encampment at the heart of campus. Police made more than 100 arrests as part of a promised crackdown by the university’s president, Nemat Shafik. Below is what we know about what happened.
This post has been updated.