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Campus protests live updates: 'Horrific violence' on UCLA campus after police clear New York protest - BBC News Campus protests live updates: 'Horrific violence' on UCLA campus after police clear New York protest - BBC News
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Phil McCausland
Pro-Palestinian campus groups have for years called on their institutions to support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement, as a means of pushing back against Israel. Reporting outside Columbia University
No US university has ever committed to the BDS framework, although some have cut specific financial ties in the past. While we wait for the press conference, let me tell you about the scene in this part of New York this morning.
While divestment would have a negligible impact, if any, on the war in Gaza, protesters say it would shed light on those who profit from war and help build awareness of their issue. The streets around Columbia University are relatively quiet after last night's police raid. There are the usual rhythms of commuters making their way to work or school.
Meanwhile, activists at Columbia and elsewhere have highlighted the protests at the end of the 1960s against US involvement in the Vietnam War. The only hiccup for New Yorkers’ typical morning routine is the labyrinth of steel barricades on Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues, the notable presence of police and private security at every campus entrance, and the camera crews roaming the university's perimeter.
Thousands were arrested and there were violent clashes with police. There's a queue to enter the campus itself. Security had tightened and there's only one entrance for students, faculty and staff.
Four students in Ohio were killed in 1970 when the National Guard opened fire. Some have been turned away by the guards if they are deemed “not essential”. The entrance is on Amsterdam Avenue, right next to Hamilton Hall - the building protesters occupied yesterday.
Their deaths triggered a nationwide student strike and hundreds of universities closed.
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