Du said he believes there is “evidence” of outside organizations behind the occupation’s planning, but he also says numerous Columbia students were inside Hamilton Hall.
He said he recognized “many, many Columbia students in the crowd” that formed human chains around the entrances to Hamilton Hall while reporting on the protests.
In a statement to CNN, the university said, “This matter is under review.” CNN has reached out to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for comment.
2 hr 44 min ago Protests will continue despite police presence at Columbia, student negotiator says From CNN’s Kathleen Magramo A lead student negotiator for protesters at Columbia University has told CNN that protests will continue on the campus despite the school’s request for a police presence.
The university has asked NYPD to maintain its presence on campus until May 17.
Since negotiations between student protesters and the Columbia University administration began two weeks ago, the university has not viewed them as an anti-war movement, he said.
NYPD swarmed the university Tuesday night after the university authorized them to go into the campus to clear out a building being occupied by protesters.
“I spoke to a lot of students on campus today and students were just feeling caught in between.
Three minutes ago.
We’ve moved our live coverage of the US campus protests here.
One hour and forty-nine minutes ago.
A law enforcement official reports that over 100 demonstrators were detained on two college campuses in New York.
through Mark Morales of CNN.
Tuesday at City College of New York and Columbia University, more than a hundred demonstrators were taken into custody, a law enforcement source reported.
The majority of the arrests were made at Columbia, where the official stated that around two dozen protesters were detained after they allegedly attempted to bar officers from entering the campus.
In order to deter protesters and stop additional arrests, Columbia’s tactical teams first established a perimeter around the campus, the official stated. Then, offers made their way onto the campus via a number of entrances.
50 minutes ago.
The editor of Columbia Student Magazine states, “It’s still a movement driven by students.”.
from Kathleen Magramo on CNN.
CNN quoted Jonas Du, the chief editor of a Columbia student publication, as saying that students are driving the protests on campus, independent of outside intervention.
According to the Columbia Sundial editor, it’s “hard to say” if the people detained from Columbia’s Hamilton Hall were alumni or students.
Although access to the campus has been restricted to those with Columbia IDs, there are currently methods for non-affiliated individuals to gain entry. But in general, you need Columbia IDs—students must give you IDs that allow you to enter the campus—said Du, a junior at the university.
Du stated that he thinks there is “evidence” of outside groups orchestrating the occupation, but he also mentioned that a large number of Columbia students were present within Hamilton Hall.
While covering the demonstrations, he claimed to have seen “many, many Columbia students in the crowd” that had gathered to form human chains around the Hamilton Hall entrances.
At the end of the day, the movement is still driven by students. Without these student organizations, it never would have gotten to this point. “.
According to Du, students were notified via text message and email by the school that a shelter-in-place order had been issued, requesting them to stay in their dorms and avoid going to campus.
He continued, “But that was kind of a signal that the NYPD was going to raid campus, and we all knew that.”.
16 minutes ago, on January 1.
An arresting police officer at Arizona State University is seen on camera taking off a demonstrator’s headscarf.
from Cindy Von Quednow of CNN.
A campus police officer can be seen taking a protester’s hijab off of her head during her arrest in footage that was shot over the weekend at Arizona State University.
The ASU Police Department officers surround a woman with her hands behind her back as one of them takes off her hijab in the grainy footage that Mass Liberation AZ was able to obtain and CNN was given by the women’s attorney, Zayed Al-Sayyed.
“You’re violating her privacy,” and “Give it back,” are being yelled by people in the vicinity. “.
After that, one of the officers blocks the woman’s view from the people filming the video, and someone yells, “Leave her go!” Another bystander asks, “So she can wear a hood but not her hijab?”.
Demanding accountability on behalf of herself and three other women who claim it happened to them as well, is her attorney.
Three of the women are university students, and all four are locals of the Phoenix area, according to Al-Sayyed, who stated that the arrests happened early on Saturday. He did not name the women, though. Charges of criminal trespass are brought against them.
Al-Sayyed said that after the women were placed under arrest, they “begged” to be allowed to keep their hijabs and explained the importance of them. However, he claimed that they were informed that their hijabs had to be taken off for security reasons.
They had no idea that an officer sworn to protect and serve would infringe on their most fundamentally protected right under the US Constitution—the freedom to practice their religion. Al-Sayyed stated, “So they’re hurt.”.
The women were not given their hijabs back after being taken into custody and transported to a jail, according to Al-Sayyed.
Al-Sayyed said he was able to bring them new hijabs when he was eventually allowed access to his clients, which was approximately fifteen hours later.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) Arizona chapter denounced the university police for this and other similar incidents and demanded a thorough investigation.
“This action is a flagrant violation of the peaceful protestors’ right to exercise their religion. In an email to CNN, Azza Abuseif, the executive director of CAIR-AZ, stated, “It is extremely upsetting for the impacted women, and ASU Police need to look into this extensively.
The university said, “This matter is under review,” in a statement to CNN. CNN has requested comment from the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.
Two hours and forty-four minutes ago.
The student negotiator claims that protests will go on at Columbia even with the police presence.
According to Kathleen Magramo of CNN.
Despite the university’s request for a police presence, a lead student negotiator for the demonstrators at Columbia University has told CNN that the protests will go on.
The university has requested that the NYPD remain on campus through May 17.
Negotiator Mahmoud Khalil stated that students still have the right to protest in spite of increased security, saying, “I’m very confident that students will continue this movement even after all this brutality against them.”.
The administration at Columbia University has not seen the student protests as an anti-war movement since talks between them and the school started two weeks ago, the speaker said.
Rather, they approached it as an internal student disciplinary issue. They made a deal with us to supply blankets and food to the camp. They steadfastly refused to accept that this is a national movement and that it goes beyond that.
According to Khalil, a Columbia graduate student in his second year, “this is a movement that asks Columbia to divest its investments from the companies that are fueling the war in Gaza right now.”.
When police stormed into Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, where demonstrators had been camped out since early Tuesday morning, tensions on campus shot up and numerous people were observed being taken into custody.
The autonomous group “decided to take that building when they felt the university is not answering their demands,” according to Khalil, and that the university was “alienating” them.
An hour and fifty minutes ago.
A CNN reporter and a student claim that the police presence at Columbia may have dampened the graduation celebrations.
from Elizabeth Wolfe of CNN.
The university’s request for an on-campus police presence through May 17 will only “dampen the mood even more,” according to Julia Vargas Jones, a CNN journalist and graduate student at Columbia Journalism School, as students and their families get ready to graduate.
Following the university’s approval for them to enter the campus to clear out a building that was being occupied by protesters, the NYPD descended upon the university on Tuesday night. CNN has reported on several dozen arrests.
“May 15 is graduation day.”. That also happens to be my graduation. My family is traveling from Brazil to witness me receive my diploma and walk across the stage. Naturally, everyone hopes that this (graduation) can occur,” Jones remarked.
“However, is there a celebratory atmosphere for graduation at the same time?” questioned Jones.
As graduation draws closer, Jones expressed uncertainty about the atmosphere on campus being festive.
“A lot of the students I spoke with today on campus expressed that they felt in between things. I don’t think we’ll be celebrating in large numbers in the upcoming weeks,” she remarked. It will be interesting to see who shows up for graduation. “.
According to Jones, who reported from within Columbia’s campus on Tuesday night, she has not seen any violent altercations. Jones said it was quiet enough to “hear a pin drop” after the NYPD cleared the campus. “.
One hour and fifty minutes prior.
Flash bangs were utilized by the NYPD to break through the locked doors of the Columbia building.
from Miguel Marquez and Matthew Friedman of CNN.
According to the police department, protesters had blocked themselves inside Columbia’s Hamilton Hall on Tuesday. The NYPD used flash-bang grenades to break through the protesters’ barricade.
Newspaper had been used to cover the windows and chairs, tables, and vending machines had been used to barricade the building’s doors, according to the NYPD.
An explosion and a bright flash are produced when a flash-bang grenade is detonated; this device is commonly used to startle and confuse people.
Officers are shown searching a bookshelf-lined office after breaking the lock on the door with a hammer in a video that NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry posted.
A different video shows cops passing chairs to one another and packing a stairwell.
Previously, a window allowed at least fifty officers to enter the building through an elevated ramp.
One hour and fifty minutes prior.
According to the NYPD, the Columbia University property has been cleared.
from Matthew Friedman of CNN and Miguel Marquez of Columbia University.
Less than two hours after police entered Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus, the New York Police Department informed CNN that all of the school’s property has been removed.
The NYPD reports that Hamilton Hall is also clear and that no one was hurt during the operation.
According to them, the NYPD is still keeping an eye out for protesters in various parts of the city.
