Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Police Arrest Columbia Protesters Occupying Hamilton Hall

 Police Arrest Columbia Protesters Occupying Hamilton Hall: Live Updates - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Columbia Officials Said They Had ‘No Choice’ But to Call the Police to Clear Protest - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Columbia’s president expressed regret about calling in the police to clear a previous protest. On Tuesday, she said she had “no choice” after protesters occupied a building on campus.

Here’s where campus protesters have been arrested over the past day.

A crackdown on demonstrators at Columbia University in New York spawned a wave of activism at universities across the country, with more than 1,000 arrests.

U.C.L.A. officials ask police to help after violence on campus.

Related: At U.C.L.A., Israel supporters are making themselves known.

Brown University Students and Officials Make Deal to Dismantle Encampment - The New York Times (nytimes.com)


Tensions Rise at U.N.C. Chapel Hill After Dozens of Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Are Detained

By Tuesday afternoon, protesters had broken through the barriers keeping them out of an encampment, and they replaced an American flag in the center of campus with a Palestinian one.