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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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Good morning - if you're just joining us, here's what unfolded late on Tuesday night at Columbia University in New York: Nomia Iqbal
Police arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters in a raid on Hamilton Hall, an academic building that was taken over by protesters nearly over 24 hours before BBC News, Columbia University
One student told the BBC that about "80 - 100" police officers had stormed the hall, with local reports saying that flash bang devices were used to disorient protesters More than 36 hours ago, we were inside the Columbia campus.
Unusual and tense scenes were captured at the ivy league university: police in riot gear climbing a ladder to enter the second storey of Hamilton Hall, and then protesters being led out and taken away in police buses as others gathered and even cheered for them We’d heard that protesters in the encampment on the lawn had been told to clear by 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Tuesday.
Columbia authorised the raid after demonstrators defied a deadline to disperse. After the hall was "occupied, vandalised and blockaded, we were left with no choice", the university said Media started lining up outside as police erected barriers, with some officers carrying zip wires. There was a sense that something was coming.
Police later said they had cleared all the protesters from Hamilton Hall - and a tent camp on the lawns that had been around for nearly two weeks When we got inside the encampment itself, it was peaceful - protesters were bathing in the sun, doing school work on their laptops and making sure everyone was fed.
US universities have been gripped by protests as students demand a boycott of companies and individuals with ties to Israel during the war in Gaza Some were worried police would come in again - but others suggested they wouldn't, given the controversy that ensued after riot police arrested students on 18 April.
The scene has now quietened as students who were stuck outside during the standoff have begun to return to campus Dozens of faculty linked arms to guard the entrance of the encampment. There was a real sense of "the police better not try this again".
Stay with us as we bring you the latest. Before we left the campus on Monday night, we heard negotiations between students and the university administration had broken down.
But Mahmoud Khalil, lead negotiator and a Columbia student, told us he was optimistic they could get back on track.
On Tuesday we woke up to news that a building inside Columbia had been broken into and occupied, and negotiations fell apart even faster.
Khalil later told us he had been suspended from Columbia. A Palestinian from Syria, he is reliant on a visa to be here. He said he had been promised protections given his position as a negotiator - but he is now unsure about what might lies ahead.
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