Columbia protests occupy Hamilton Hall. Will NYPD be called to respond?

Columbia University says a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators have taken over Hamilton Hall. The NYPD is standing by off campus but has not yet been called in. Hear from CBS News Law Enforcement Contributor and former NYPD Deputy Commissioner Richard Esposito about how law enforcement will respond.

[TheVir]

Close the university. No classes. No graduation. The semester is over. Damage should be pay. Parents should be responsible for the students.

[kevinshea]

What about the rights of law abiding students at Columbia? What about them? What about Jewish students having to be unsafe at their own school.

[QueensNativeNYC]

These are just a bunch spoiled brats from rich families that don't know anything about the real world..

[gbtBob]

Find a better way, when you engage in property destruction, you will lose a lot of support.

[Nick-bhbk]

Just expel them. And the non-students prosecute to the full extent. This kid glove thing is why we are talking about this a week later?

[Gazman]

Which Halls have been named after all the Israeli children who were butchered on Oct 7 and deliberately targeted.

[eicxprr]

The president of the University will threaten to serve them doughnut if they don’t leave 😂

[neilwiththedeal]

What is this university doing? Letting their own students break windows? What benefit to the school?

[Animodeus]

Call the national guard
Yeah they are student but they are not children

[vasantpawar]

This is nothing but an agreesion of Hamas on America.

[robertfeinstein]

These anti-Semitic Hamas supporting students have now broken windows and hung an Intifada sign. Send in the National Guard.

[bobbriggs]

The news needs to run the old live feed news footage from the twin tower attacks when the Palestinians claimed responsibility for it. Or how the Palestinians handed out candies and cheered as the towers fell.

[malhanneera]

Just stop/ block/ freeze the Protester s passing reportcard? Is nt it time to go to the next class??😳

[_swapnilmishra_]

Do these students not have finals to study for?

[galaxy-star-me]

“a revolution is not a dinner party, or writing an essay, or painting a picture, or doing embroidery;it cannot be so refined, so leisurely and gentle, so temperate, kind, courteous, restrained and magnanimous.　“ Chairman Mao

[jimmyk]

This is going to be a big problem folks in September when the college football starts and basketball they're going to be protesting around the venue of the games NCAA and the schools needs to come up with something to prevent this from happening at A College game

[chiquita]

Peaceful protests should always be allowed on college campuses. This is what college is about

[jbo]

This only began AFTER the university started suspending students for protesting. Always give your opponent an out, or their only option is to escalate.

[WaldoTheWombat]

Protesting an "illegal occupation" of one place by illegally occupying another. Oh the irony

[jonboymkbridgemaryfront]

So you want to send in national guard on students, really??. Smells of CCp actions