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The New York Police Department arrested 61 females aft anti-Israel agitators stormed Columbia University's Butler Library connected Wednesday arsenic students were studying for finals.
In total, nan NYPD made 80 arrests – 19 males and 61 females, according to a source. A root besides said astatine slightest 50 of nan 80 protesters arrested were Columbia University students.
Protesters renamed nan Butler Library "Basel Al-Araj Popular University." Students astatine nan Ivy League institution said protesters climbed connected a table and chanted "Free Palestine," and demanded that nan assemblage divest from Israel.
At nan entranceway gross to Columbia University, a information defender said "Nobody comes in, cipher comes out."
DOZENS OF ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS ARRESTED AFTER STORMING, TAKING OVER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DURING FINALS
New York City constabulary arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters astatine Columbia University connected Wednesday evening aft they took complete portion of a cardinal room successful New York, USA connected May 7, 2025 (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Claire Shipman, Columbia's acting president, said successful a connection connected Wednesday that nan NYPD was called to thief "secure" nan building. She added that 2 assemblage constabulary officers were injured.
"Sadly, during nan people of this disruption, 2 of our Columbia Public Safety Officers sustained injuries during a crowd surge erstwhile individuals attempted to unit their measurement into nan building and into Room 301," Shipman said. "These actions are outrageous."
COLUMBIA U THREATENS TO ARREST ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS REMOVE ENCAMPMENTS AS NEW DEMOSTRATIONS LOOM
Pro-Hamas slogans connected sheets are hung wrong of Butler Library connected nan field of Columbia University, wherever protesters occupied nan building today, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. The protesters were subsequently arrested by nan NYPD. (Sam Nahins)
In a abstracted statement, Shipman said that individuals collapsed into 1 of nan library's reference rooms.
"Disruptions to our world activities will not beryllium tolerated and are violations of our rules and policies; this is particularly unacceptable while our students study and hole for last exams. Columbia powerfully condemns unit connected our campus, antisemitism and each forms of dislike and discrimination, immoderate of which we witnessed today. We are resolute that calls for unit aliases harm person nary spot astatine our University," Shipman said.
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Pro-Hamas protesters locomotion nan perimeter of Columbia University successful New York City, NY Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Protesters had occupied nan Butler Library that day to show their support for Hamas. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was besides monitoring nan incident, noting nan agency would activity to find if immoderate participants were non-citizens.
"Time to make a point," an ICE root told Fox News.
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