New York police have cleared Hamilton Hall and the encampment at Columbia University
New York police officers cleared pro-Palestinian student encampments late Tuesday night at two campuses as similar protests continued to simmer across the country's higher education institutions.
New York police officers cleared student encampments late Tuesday night at two campuses, as pro-Palestinian protests continued to simmer across the country's higher education institutions.
At Columbia University, New York police used a massive armored vehicle to push a bridge into a window of Hamilton Hall, the building demonstrators began occupying the previous night. Officers then streamed over the bridge into a window — quickly retaking the building.
Elsewhere in New York City, police disbanded
