NYPD: Columbia University Property Has Been Cleared; Dozens Arrested

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🗓️ 1 May 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Over 100 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York — most at Columbia — according to a law enforcement official. Columbia University property, including Hamilton Hall, was cleared two hours after officers entered the campus to remove people protesting Israel's war in Gaza. The university has asked NYPD to maintain its presence on campus until May 17. Columbia has been the epicenter, but protests have been roiling universities across the country, with administrations taking different approaches to the encampments that have sprouted up in support of the Palestinian cause. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is CNN Breaking News.
0:05.0	Our breaking news out of New York City, the NYPD says Columbia University property has now been cleared.
0:12.0	Hundreds of officers on Columbia's campus
0:15.1	tonight after the university asked them to clear out pro-Palestinian protesters
0:19.6	who had set up an encampment and taken over a building just last night.
0:23.6	Dozens of people have already been arrested,
0:25.5	zip tied, and loaded onto buses.
0:27.9	Columbia University putting out a statement reading in part, quote,
0:31.3	we believe the group that broke into and occupied the building is led
0:35.2	by individuals who are not affiliated with the university.
0:39.6	The decision to reach out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause
0:46.2	they are championing.
0:47.8	Early Tuesday, protesters chose to escalate to an alarming and untenable situation, including by vandalizing property, breaking
0:56.0	doors and windows, blockading entrances, and forcing our facilities and public safety workers
1:02.0	out.
1:03.2	Now Columbia tonight is asking the NYPD
1:06.2	to maintain a presence on campus
1:08.3	until at least May 17th.
1:11.1	I want to bring in CNN, Shimon Prokippez.
1:13.1	Chamon, what are you seeing right now?
1:15.4	And tell me, how did all of this go down?
1:20.0	Well, it was so significant and the presence was just so enormous.
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