A large number of New York Police Department officers swarmed Columbia University’s campus on Tuesday after the school finally gave the department permission to enter and help regain control after pro-Hamas extremists illegally overtook a building this week.
The police arrived on campus wearing helmets, and carrying zip ties and riot shields. They gathered outside Hamilton Hall around a heavily armored vehicle that had a ladder deployed so that officers could enter the building through an upstairs window.
BREAKING: Police at Columbia are entering Hamilton Hall: pic.twitter.com/CjqeC8p6EQ
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) May 1, 2024
#NOW NYPD Drove BEARCAT into Columbia University, accessing occupied building through a window. Hundreds of cops continue to pour into the University.
Video by @yyeeaahhhboiii2 [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/7w3COwAKKu
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) May 1, 2024
#BREAKING MASS ARRESTS as NYPD pour hundreds of cops inside Columbia University, Raiding Encampment
Video by Olga Fe [email protected] to license pic.twitter.com/YnS6v4V00p
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) May 1, 2024
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