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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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Nomia Iqbal | |
BBC News, Columbia University | |
More than 36 hours ago, we were inside the Columbia campus. | |
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. | |
Media started lining up outside as police erected barriers, with some officers carrying zip wires. There was a sense that something was coming. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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". | |
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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