In New York on Tuesday evening (around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Paris time), it was in riot gear, aided by an intervention vehicle with a ladder, that dozens, even hundreds of police officers, entered the campus.
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The New York police intervened on Tuesday April 30 at Columbia University, the epicenter of the pro-Palestinian mobilization on American campuses, to dislodge the demonstrators who were barricaded in a building. All the activists were evacuated from the campus, say American media.
In New York on Tuesday evening (around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Paris time), it was in riot gear, aided by an intervention vehicle with a ladder, that dozens, even hundreds of police officers, entered the campus. Helmeted officers, climbing the ladder, then entered the occupied building through a window. Dozens of people, some wearing keffiyehs, were arrested and placed in police buses, AFP noted. Outside the campus, the crowd was shouting “Free Palestine!”.
Police presence on campus requested “at least until May 17”
“Last night’s events on campus gave us no choice”wrote the president of the university, Minouche Shafik, in a letter made public asking the New York police to intervene on the perimeter of this private establishment in Manhattan.
In his letter to the New York police, Minouche Shafik calls on the police to “maintain a presence on campus at least until May 17, in order to maintain order and ensure that no encampments are established”. The graduation ceremony is scheduled for May 15.
