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Campus protests live: NYC police arrest around 300 at universities in 'massive operation', mayor says - BBC News Campus protests live: NYC police arrest around 300 at universities in 'massive operation', mayor says - BBC News
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Protesters at some US universities have been clashing with police, as demonstrations over the conflict in Gaza continue.
Clashes between police and protesters have erupted at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), while overnight, police said they cleared a building at Columbia University in New York, which had been occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters. Police arrested at least a dozen protesters at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marc Lovicott, executive director of communications of the UW-Madison Police Department told reporters.
Here are the latest developments: Law enforcement have now left the scene after spending several hours removing the encampment.
Speaking at a news conference earlier, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said approximately 300 arrests were made at Columbia University and the City University of New York last night after police officers raided the campuses Lovicott says police arrived outside the university library before 07:00 local time (13:00 BST) and issued a series of warnings asking protesters to remove their tents. Police told protesters that camping is not allowed according to campus policy and state law.
Police say the response at Columbia was to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who'd taken over Hamilton Hall, a building on campus After 15 minutes of repeated warnings, officers say they issued one final warning and told protesters there could be arrests if things turned violent.
Adams says external actors were responsible for creating what he described as "a movement to radicalise young people” Protesters encircled a small group of tents and at around 07:15 local time, university police and the City of Madison police moved in to remove the tents not encircled, police say.
Police commissioner Edward Caban said the universities "worked for weeks" to negotiate with protesters, but that "public safety was a real concern" Law enforcement then engaged with protesters as they pushed back.
A student at Columbia University told the BBC that the police were "rough and aggressive" with demonstrators "Some turned violent and it resulted in several arrests," Lovicott says.
Meanwhile, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, police arrested about dozen protesters on Wednesday morning As of 09:00 local time (15:00 BST), officers left the Library Mall. Protesters were heard cheering as they cleared the area.
There remains a large police presence at the UCLA
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