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NYPD raid Columbia University and begin arresting protesters after hall occupied - BBC News NYPD raid Columbia University and arrest protesters after hall occupied - BBC News
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Quoting an NYPD spokesperson, CNN just reported that the force has also cleared the nearby protest encampment on Columbia's lawn. Alex Lederman
No injuries were apparently reported during the clearance operation. Reporting from Columbia University
It is unclear how many people have been arrested, although the spokesman and journalists at the scene have reported that the figure is in the dozens. A row of police still guard the front entrance to Columbia University, but the scene has calmed.
One of the student negotiators who has gained prominence in recent days, Mahmoud Khalil, told CNN he believes that student protests will continue in some form. Over the past three hours, buses filled with protesters have driven by, and chanting students and media have gathered.
The standoff escalated when university's president, Minouche Shafik, sent a letter to clear the encampment by yesterday afternoon.
Protesters did not, and their fellow students and faculty guarded the encampment’s entrance.
But overnight, students seized Hamilton Hall and renamed it Hind's Hall - after a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza in February.
After a day in which the campus was mostly blocked off, police entered on Tuesday night and began making arrests. They marched out those they had detained and loaded them onto buses.
Protesters cheered as buses filled with them drove by. They chanted “Shame on you” and “Quit your job” to police.
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