Police in riot gear storm into building held by pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia
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🗓️ 1 May 2024
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Police stormed a Columbia University building Tuesday amid ongoing protests.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday, May 1st, 2024. This is the |
| 0:18.8 | excerpt. Today police have stormed a building held by protesters at Columbia. |
| 0:27.0 | Plus, Trump's hush money trial continues and we look at the significance of polling |
| 0:32.0 | as we move deeper into the election year. |
| 0:36.0 | Police and riot gear stormed into a building held by pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University late yesterday. |
| 0:43.0 | City police in an armored vehicle |
| 0:44.8 | used a mechanical ramp to enter Hamilton Hall |
| 0:47.9 | through a window shortly after 9.30 PM, |
| 0:51.0 | as hundreds of protesters below looked on or were arrested by police on the ground. |
| 0:56.2 | More than a dozen pro-Palestinian demonstrators were taken away in zip tie handcuffs. |
| 1:01.2 | Columbia University officials said they had no choice but to request police intervention. |
| 1:06.4 | A statement read quote, after the university learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been |
| 1:10.8 | occupied, vandalized, and blockaded, we were left with no choice. |
| 1:15.0 | Columbia Public Safety Personnel were forced out of the building and a member of our facilities team was threatened. |
| 1:21.0 | We will not risk the safety of our community or the potential for further |
| 1:24.5 | escalation." Columbia protesters are demanding the school halt investments |
| 1:29.6 | with companies profiting from Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, |
| 1:34.0 | and they want amnesty for students and faculty |
| 1:36.7 | involved in the protest. |
| 1:38.4 | For their part, the American Association of University Professors |
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