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NYPD Descends on Columbia University Campus, Clears Out Protesters

by Sandra Rhodes
May 1, 2024
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NYPD Descends on Columbia University Campus, Clears Out Protesters

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 30: Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024 in New York City. A heavy police presence surrounded both campuses on Tuesday as local law enforcement cleared tent encampments set up by pro-Palestinian protesters. Classes at both schools have been moved virtually to online learning in response to the recent campus unrest. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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About 100 protesters were arrested Tuesday night as New York Police Department (NYPD) officers stormed Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall, which had been taken over by pro-Palestine protesters earlier that day.

Officers went on campus shortly after 9 p.m. and gained access to Hamilton Hall through a second-story window with the help of a truck with a ramp, per NBC News.

As officers in riot gear entered a window, protesters yelled “Shame on you,” Mediaite reported.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry posted footage on X, formerly Twitter, showing officers dismantling a barricade and breaking down a door.

#HAPPENINGNOW: @Columbia has requested our assistance to take back their campus, which has seen disturbing acts of violence, forms of intimidation & destruction of property. @NYPDnews is dispersing the unlawful encampment and persons barricaded inside of university buildings… pic.twitter.com/gQUzXDUlFe

— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) May 1, 2024

#HAPPENINGNOW: @Columbia has requested our assistance to take back their campus, which has seen disturbing acts of violence, forms of intimidation & destruction of property. @NYPDnews is dispersing the unlawful encampment and persons barricaded inside of university buildings… pic.twitter.com/lEB6TdhB0c

— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) May 1, 2024

#HAPPENINGNOW: An incredible scene and proud moment as we have assisted @CityCollegeNY in restoring order on campus, culminating in raising Old Glory once again on their campus flagpole. 🇺🇸@NYPDPC @NYPD1stDep @NYPDChiefOfDept @NYPDChiefPatrol @NYPDnews pic.twitter.com/XZWFmvXcUs

— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) May 1, 2024

Once inside, officials discovered overturned and stacked furniture and broken windows, per NBC News.

School officials told students at Columbia and Barnard College to shelter in place. “Non-compliance may result in discipline,” the university said. “Avoid area until further notice.”

University spokesman Ben Chang said “protesters have chosen to escalate to an untenable situation — vandalizing property, breaking doors and windows, and blockading entrances,” per NBC News.

Before the operation took place, Mayor Eric Adams said the protest “has basically been co-opted by professional outside agitators” who wanted to promote chaos in the situation.

The area was clear by 11 p.m. with nearly 100 arrested.

NYPD will continue to be on campus through May 17. Graduation is May 15.

A tent encampment was built on campus earlier this month to protest the Israel-Hamas War, per NBC News.

Debbie Becher, a professor of sociology at Barnard College, blamed Columbia officials for how things unfolded after months of suppressing students.

“Faculty are surprised. We’re surprised, and, in some ways, we’re not surprised, because we’ve seen this coming,” Becher said.

“For six months now, ever since this conflict began, [the administration has] continuously suppressed students’ speech, and faculty have continued to say we need to support them, to have difficult conversations — that’s what faculty do, that’s what higher education is about,” she said.

Becher said Columbia has been suppressing and disciplining students for just expressing themselves.

“It’s unconscionable. They’re sending hundreds of police after our students,” she said.

Barnard is an official college of Columbia.

Many posted videos to X as events unfolded: 

NYPD's heavy response was necessary. The siege of Hamilton Hall was organized by outside agitators, according to Columbia. Anyone could’ve been inside. This includes terrorists that the protesters openly support. pic.twitter.com/y8ZHaLzVdr

— Katie Daviscourt (@KatieDaviscourt) May 1, 2024

NYPD clash with Columbia protesters, making dozens of arrests and clearing the entire encampment in 2 hours.

Hundreds of officers in riot gear swiftly removed all of the students and protesters who had been encamped on the campus for 2 weeks.

Over 100 arrests. pic.twitter.com/FnXXbAgkoy

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) May 1, 2024

Columbia University’s iconic Hamilton Hall was left looking like a war zone after pro-terror activists smashed windows, set up barricades and destroyed furniture. https://t.co/VNuR5OcSln pic.twitter.com/ntDtBzRNIa

— New York Post (@nypost) May 1, 2024

🔴The moment the American police stormed the “Hind” (Hamilton) hall inside Columbia University, to break up a sit-in by students supporting Palestine. pic.twitter.com/ug6gzlG8YT

— Commendable 🇵🇸🇾🇪🇸🇾🇮🇶🇱🇧🇮🇷 (@Commendable99) May 1, 2024
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Sandra Rhodes

Sandra Rhodes

IJR, Contributor Writer She was a Story Editor for Indpendent Journal Review since November 2022 and has written for IJR since February 2024. She has been in the newspaper business in various capacities since 1998.

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