For the latest updates, please go here. | Dozens of New York police officers in riot gear entered Columbia University’s campus Tuesday night after issuing a dispersal order to protesters gathered outside one of the school’s entrances. Officers breached a building occupied by protesters and removed students from the campus with their hands zip-tied behind their backs. A police spokesman said multiple people had been arrested. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have demanded for weeks that universities divest from Israeli-linked companies more than six months into Israel’s war with Hamas.

Source: Washington Post May 01, 2024 12:50 UTC