{"id":185245,"date":"2024-05-01T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T08:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=185245"},"modified":"2024-05-01T11:43:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T08:43:02","slug":"over-100-protesters-arrested-across-2-new-york-college-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/over-100-protesters-arrested-across-2-new-york-college-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 protesters arrested across 2 New York college campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185246\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed.jpeg 1600w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/45d9e19f-e787-41a6-867a-0dc112c10eed-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of New York police officers stormed into the Columbia University grounds on Tuesday night, where campus protesters had occupied Hamilton Hall since Monday night, tying doors shut with ropes and blocking entrances with furniture.<\/p>\n<p>Live footage of the event, broadcast by CNN, showed the helmeted officers met by angry protesters, shouting and chanting, outside Hamilton Hall.<br \/>\nOfficers later used a SWAT ramp, attached to the roof of a large truck to enter the upper floors of Hamilton Hall. Activists have renamed the building \u201cHind\u2019s Hall\u201d in honour of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed by Israeli tanks in Gaza as paramedics tried to rescue her.<\/p>\n<p>These Columbia students face expulsion, spokesperson Ben Chang said on Tuesday. Shortly after the NYPD began entering the campus grounds, Columbia released a lengthy statement saying that it \u201chad no choice\u201d but to involve law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe regret that protesters have chosen to escalate the situation through their actions. After the University learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalized, and blockaded, we were left with no choice,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of protesters were arrested, the NYPD said, adding that all areas had been cleared by around 11pm local time.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia president Nemat Shafik has requested that the NYPD maintain a presence on the campus until May 17 \u2013 two days after the university\u2019s graduation ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"molvideoplayer\" title=\"MailOnline Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/embed\/video\/3179329.html\" width=\"698\" height=\"573\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185247\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185247\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185247\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/1-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police officers use a special vehicle to enter Columbia University&#8217;s Hamilton Hall. David Dee Delgado\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185248\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185248\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police detain a protestor at Columbia University. David Dee Delgado\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185249\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185249\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/3-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A NYPD bus transports people arrested at Columbia University. Charly Triballeau\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185250\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185250\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/4-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police stand guard at Columbia University. Caitlin Ochs\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185251\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185251\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/5-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors walk with barricades as police maintain a cordon around Columbia University. David Dee Delgado\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185252\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185252\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-1536x1023.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/6-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPD officers in riot gear march onto Columbia University campus. Kena Betancur\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185253\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185253\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-scaled.jpeg 2560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-300x200.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-768x512.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-696x464.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/7-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NYPD officers set fences near Columbia University where pro-Palestinian students are barricaded inside a building and have set up an encampment, in New York City on April 30, 2024. Columbia University normally teems with students, but a &#8220;Free Palestine&#8221; banner now hangs from a building where young protesters have barricaded themselves and the few wandering through campus generally appear tense. Students here were among the first to embrace the pro-Palestinian campus encampment movement, which has spread to a number of universities across the United States. (Photo by KENA BETANCUR \/ AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185254\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-185254\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8.jpeg 1920w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-696x392.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-1068x601.jpeg 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/8-747x420.jpeg 747w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Police tell students to go inside the dorms at Columbia University on Tuesday. John Towfighi\/CNN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-185255\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1702\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57.png 1702w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-300x169.png 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-1024x578.png 1024w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-768x433.png 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-1536x866.png 1536w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-696x393.png 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-1068x602.png 1068w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.30.57-745x420.png 745w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1702px) 100vw, 1702px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-185256\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.31.44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"954\" height=\"910\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.31.44.png 954w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.31.44-300x286.png 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.31.44-768x733.png 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.31.44-696x664.png 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-01-at-09.31.44-440x420.png 440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of New York police officers stormed into the Columbia University grounds on Tuesday night, where campus protesters had occupied Hamilton Hall since Monday night, tying doors shut with ropes and blocking entrances with furniture. 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