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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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Regan Morris 17 April: A group of students pitch their tents at Columbia
Reporting from UCLA, Los Angeles University, protesting Israel's actions in Gaza and calling on the university to
UCLA student Eli Tsives claims the pro-Israeli group that attacked the pro-Palestinian camp were not UCLA students. financially divest from Israel.
He condemned their actions but says he welcomes the resulting police presence on campus. The same day, Minouche
Tsives, 19, says the camp is illegal and he’s been urging UCLA authorities to arrest the people camping and to investigate antisemitic attacks on campus. Shafik, Columbia's president, is at a Congressional hearing over antisemitism
“This is no longer about freedom of speech,” he said. “They are breaking the law.” on campus.
18 April: Shafik calls in the police to break up the
encampment and they arrest 100 people. But the
protesters return and rebuild a camp.
22 April: Columbia cancels in-person classes. Jewish students raise concerns about chants and signs
supporting Hamas, while many
protesters seek to distance themselves from antisemitic incidents.
24 April: Columbia administrators tell protesters
to clear the camp by midnight. Some agree
to leave but others refuse.
29 April: Columbia suspends students who
defy a 14:00 deadline to leave, but hundreds of protesters
remain in place.
30 April: Dozens of protestors
take over the university's Hamilton Hall.
1 May: New York City Mayor Eric
Adams says approximately 300 arrests were made at Columbia University and the City
University of New York after police officers raided the campuses.
He
says that outside agitators were involved in the protests.
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