NYPD Arrests Over 100 Pro-Palestine Protesters at Columbia University

More than a hundred students were arrested for trespassing at Columbia University after the Ivy League school called the New York Police Department to dismantle tents and disperse a pro-Palestinian protest on campus Thursday.

The incident occurred a day after Columbia President Nemat Shafik’s congressional testimony over antisemitism on college campuses. In a letter to the university community, Shafik expressed regret for authorizing police intervention but said she had no choice after “all of these attempts to resolve the situation were rejected by the students involved.”

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, speaking at a press conference at the NYPD headquarters announcing the arrests, acknowledged the protesters’ grief over the ongoing conflict. However, he stressed the importance of upholding the law and adhering to university policies.

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[leopoldbuttersstotch]

I say we give the LGBTQRSTUV people a lift to Palestine so they can protest over there in the streets. 😁👍

[bertiejansevanrensburg]

Can annyone tell me why is YT such a lot of 2 faces for removing my comment

[duconmacdaddy]

I guess we’re not worried about the border anymore worried about another country not ours

[Letssee]

They couldn’t even rhyme? “We’re people united we will never be defeated” wow great chant guys

[michaelirizarry]

&these bozo's wonder why, it's open season on them. Their not friends.

[angellee]

So glad we aren’t paying the tuition .😢

[Psychoa]

Well they got the police involved they got on the nightly news, and they accomplished nothing. And you parents are wasting your hard earn dollars for this.

[ednakravitz]

People don’t like war they don’t like genocide. They have families that they love over there.
Israel can protest too

[Asia..A]

The people united will never be defeated

[stuarttotten]

I have watched them being interviewed and they really have no intellectual response and they don’t know much of anything about who they are protesting for or what they did. Thy do not even talk about it as much. They don’t say much. Youth may be the future but Ignorance is the most dangerous thing you can be.

[silask.]

Great actions by the New Yorker Police Department. Sadly the circu stances allowed omly this comperatively low arrest rate. (Still better than many other regions where campus areas are still occupied.)

[gjcgjc]

They went to university to get stupid and they paid for it 😆

[gdpaisagismo]

Deus abençoe sempre sua vida, irsael livrando de todo seus inimigos

[DuniMun]

Orgullo de personas con valores no como los líderes políticos!!!! 💪🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸