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Columbia University issued a shelter-in-place order Tuesday evening while protesters continued to occupy a building to demonstrate against the conflict in Gaza.
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The Associated Press news agency is reporting that scores of police officers in riot gear have gathered near the New York campus.
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More than 1,000 protesters have been arrested over the last two weeks on campuses in states including Texas, Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, New Mexico, Connecticut, Louisiana, California and New Jersey, some after violent clashes with police in riot gear.
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Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the protests across US campuses.
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New York City police have entered Columbia University in an apparent effort to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who seized and occupied a classroom building and have been encamped on the campus for two weeks.
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TV images on Tuesday night showed police entering the elite university located in upper Manhattan, which has been the focal point of student protests that have spread to dozens of schools across the US.
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Columbia University officials earlier on Tuesday threatened academic expulsion of the students who seized Hamilton Hall.
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We’ll bring you live updates throughout the evening.
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Key events
AP reports that Columbia authorised police to enter the campus
The Associated Press is reporting that shortly before officers entered the campus, the New York police department received a notice from Columbia authorising officers to take action. There source is a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
The Guardian is unable to verify these reports.
At an evening news conference held a few hours before police entered Columbia, mayor Eric Adams and city police officials said the Hamilton Hall takeover was instigated by “outside agitators” who lack any affiliation with Columbia and are known to law enforcement for provoking lawlessness.
Police said they based their conclusions in part on escalating tactics in the occupation, including vandalism, use of barricades to block entrances and destruction of security cameras.
Adams suggested some of the student protesters were not fully aware of “external actors” in their midst.
We cannot and will not allow what should be a peaceful gathering to turn into a violent spectacle that serves no purpose. We cannot wait until this situation becomes even more serious. This must end now.”
One of the student leaders of the protest, Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian scholar attending Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs on a student visa, disputed assertions that outsiders had initiated the occupation.
“They’re students,” he told Reuters.
Live television images show a huge police presence on the Columbia campus.
Reuters reported that officers in a riot unit yelled “we’re clearing it out” as they marched up to the barricaded entrance to the building occupied building.
“Shame! shame!” jeered many onlooking undergrads still outside on campus.
Police were seen trying to enter the building through a window:
Protesters blocked the entrance to Hamilton Hall with tables, linked arms to form a barricade and chanted pro-Palestinian slogans.
Earlier on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Columbia said that students who took over the academic building now face expulsion.
Dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall, an academic building on the New York campus, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window.
Columbia spokesperson Ben Chang said:
We made it very clear [on Monday] that the work of the university cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules … Continuing to do so will be met with clear consequences. Protesters have chosen to escalate to an untenable situation – vandalizing property, breaking doors and windows, and blockading entrances – we are following through with the consequences we outlined yesterday.
Hamilton Hall was one of several buildings occupied during a 1968 civil rights and anti-Vietnam war protest on the campus.
Now student protesters there have overtaken it once again, displaying a large banner that reads “Hind’s Hall”, renaming it in honor of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza City who was killed by Israeli forces earlier this year.
Images from around Columbia show a large police presence close to the entrance to the university. After entering the university, it’s understood that a police contingent moved towards Hamilton Hall, the building being occupied by protesters.
Columbia University issues shelter-in-place-order
Columbia University issued a shelter-in-place order Tuesday evening while protesters continued to occupy a building to demonstrate against the conflict in Gaza.
The Associated Press news agency is reporting that scores of police officers in riot gear have gathered near the New York campus.
More than 1,000 protesters have been arrested over the last two weeks on campuses in states including Texas, Utah, Virginia, North Carolina, New Mexico, Connecticut, Louisiana, California and New Jersey, some after violent clashes with police in riot gear.
New York police enter Columbia university
Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s continuing coverage of the protests across US campuses.
New York City police have entered Columbia University in an apparent effort to disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who seized and occupied a classroom building and have been encamped on the campus for two weeks.
TV images on Tuesday night showed police entering the elite university located in upper Manhattan, which has been the focal point of student protests that have spread to dozens of schools across the US.
Columbia University officials earlier on Tuesday threatened academic expulsion of the students who seized Hamilton Hall.
We’ll bring you live updates throughout the evening.
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