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New York police arrest dozens as protesters cleared from Columbia campus - BBC News New York police arrest dozens as protesters cleared from Columbia campus - BBC News
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This video released by the NYPD shows officers crowding the narrow staircase inside the building and removing barriers like chairs. Flash bang devices were used to distract protesters as police moved to clear them out of Hamilton Hall, according to media reports quoting New York police.
The devices were used to "disorient protesters as police made their way inside", said news site CBS, adding that no tear gas was used.
One student the BBC spoke to said "about 80 - 100 police officers" had stormed the building.
Protesters had take over the Hamilton Hall building early on Tuesday, amid two weeks of campus protests over the Israel-Gaza war.
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