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Over 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Columbia University

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An on-campus tent encampment was also removed.

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  1. CNN

    NYPD disperses pro-Palestinian protest on Columbia University campus (opens CNN)

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    New York Police Department officers entered Columbia University on Thursday to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest that began a day earlier as the university’s president testified before a House committee about the school’s response to antisemitism.

  2. The Republic

    Police arrest protesters at Columbia University who had set up pro-Palestinian encampment (opens The Republic)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — New York police arrested protesters at Columbia University on Thursday who had set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on campus. Several students involved in the protest said they were also suspended from Columbia and Barnard College, including Isra Hirsi, who is the daughter of U.S.

  3. WSVN Miami

    Over 100 people arrested as NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, law enforcement source says - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (CNN) — More than 100 people were arrested by New York Police Department officers on a preliminary charge of criminal trespass, according to a law

  4. Wyoming Public Media

    NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Police began making dozens of arrests after Columbia University's president asked for help clearing protesters — citing the "encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger."

  5. ABC 7 New York

    At least 4 arrested at Pro-Palestine protests on Columbia University's campus (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    Columbia University antisemitism probe leads to intense Pro-Palestine protests

  6. Local News 8

    Dozens detained as NYPD breaks up pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University (opens Local News 8)

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    By Emma Tucker, Shimon Prokupecz and John Towfighi, CNN (CNN) — At least 30 people were detained by New York Police Department officers, CNN witnessed, as police entered Columbia University on Thursday to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest that began a day earlier as the university’s president testi…

  7. WSVN Miami

    NYPD disperses pro-Palestinian protest on Columbia University campus - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    (CNN) — At least 30 people were detained by New York Police Department officers, CNN witnessed, as police entered Columbia University on Thursday to disperse a

  8. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia, including congresswoman's daughter (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University on Thursday and arrested more than 100 demonstrators, including the daughter of a prominent Minnesota congresswoman.

  9. ABC 7 New York

    At least 4 arrested at Pro-Palestinian protests on Columbia University's campus (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    Columbia University antisemitism probe leads to intense Pro-Palestinian protests

  10. ABC 7 San Francisco

    Over 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Columbia University (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    An on-campus tent encampment was also removed.

  11. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Over 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators arrested at Columbia University in New York (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    Some 108 people were arrested on Columbia University's campus for trespass without incident, officials said.

  12. Anchorage Daily News

    Police arrest over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters as Columbia University clears encampment (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    The arrests came one day after Columbia’s president, Nemat Shafik, and other university leaders were questioned in a Congress hearing about campus protests and antisemitism.

  13. Hot Air

  14. Al Jazeera

    Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested as Columbia clears encampment (opens Al Jazeera)

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    New York-based university moves to suspend students involved as police arrest them for trespassing.

  15. Portland Press Herald

    Police arrest dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University, including congresswoman’s daughter (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Police said 108 people were charged with trespassing at the private Ivy League institution. Some students said they were also suspended from the university.

  16. Salon

    The NYPD says pro-Palestine protesters were "peaceful," but Columbia University had them arrested (opens Salon)

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    Columbia University sent cops to clear an encampment and arrest pro-Palestine protesters, who remain defiant

  17. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    NYPD arrested over 100 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University. Here’s what we know (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The New York Police Department arrested more than 100 people Thursday on suspicion of criminal trespass during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University that began with an encampment a day earlier, according to a law enforcement official.

  18. NPR

    A pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University is broken up by NYPD officers (opens NPR)

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    Police arrested dozens of protesters while helping clear an encampment at Columbia University. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to reporter Gwynne Hogan of The City, a nonprofit website covering New York City.

  19. Time

    Police Arrest Over 100 Protesters at Columbia (opens Time)

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    New York police removed a pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, Thursday, and said 108 were charged with trespassing.

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  21. ABC 7 New York

    Pro-Palestinian protests continue at Columbia University after dozens of NYPD arrests (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    Pro-Palestinian demonstrators continue their protest on the Columbia University campus one day after more than 100 of them were arrested by the NYPD.

  22. The Boston Globe

    Boston University students protest arrests of Columbia University pro-Palestinian demonstrators (opens The Boston Globe)

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    At Columbia on Thursday, 108 people were charged with trespassing at Columbia, according to police, part of a broader trend of student arrests at pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US campuses.

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