NYPD enters Hamilton Hall at Columbia University during unauthorized occupation by pro-Hamas protesters
A significant number of NYPD officers were dispatched to Columbia University after the department was authorized to regain control from pro-Hamas activists who unlawfully occupied a building. Police, equipped with helmets, zip ties, and riot shields, gathered outside Hamilton Hall. An armored vehicle with a ladder facilitated their entry through an upstairs window. A substantial NYPD deployment to Columbia University ensued after the department received authorization to reclaim control from pro-Hamas activists who unlawfully took over a building. Clad in helmets and armed with zip ties and riot shields, the officers assembled outside Hamilton Hall. Their access was aided by an armored vehicle with a ladder for entry through an upstairs window.
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
The NYPD is physically removing campus protesters from Columbia. pic.twitter.com/HQoJgqP0qx
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 1, 2024
NYPD raids Hamilton Hall, which was renamed to Hinds Hall, to conduct the physical removal and arrests of campus protesters at Columbia. Here’s a view from the inside. pic.twitter.com/hBQxOKfV8u
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 1, 2024
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