In the midst of continuous anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, a startling video has surfaced showing NYPD cops in riot gear breaking through the window of a Columbia University building on Tuesday to remove hundreds of pro-Palestine demonstrators who had locked themselves inside.
The police, according to police sources, were able to evacuate the gang who had entered Hamilton Hall early on Tuesday morning at the Ivy League institution. At 9:13 p.m., dozens of cops from the Emergency Service Unit arrived on the Morningside Heights campus, but they encountered opposition at the locked main entrance. After police officers broke through a window with pepper spray and zip ties, they apprehended dozens of people outside the premises.
With just a glass pane separating them from the cops, a few protestors remained at the doorway seemingly undisturbed while their street-based colleagues yelled, "Pigs!"
The NYPD made use of the MARS, or Mobile Adjustable Ramp System. A Lenco Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Vehicle has a ramp that dozens of police officers used to access an upper window and approach the area.
They used flashbang grenades to confuse the demonstrators.
It just took twenty minutes to make many arrests. The demonstrators were led from Hamilton Hall into three NYPD busses, many of whom had surgical masks or keffiyehs covering their faces.
Multiple protestors expressed their disapproval of Israel throughout the proceedings, with one even breaking down in tears.
Officers encountered angry yells of "NYPD, KKK, IOF!" as they stationed themselves in front of off-campus homes. They are all identical.
Within fifteen minutes of the police entering the campus, Columbia University released a statement in which it expressed its "regret" at having to use law enforcement to deal with the situation.
"We were left with no option when the University discovered over night that Hamilton Hall had been invaded, damaged, and blockaded. Along with the forced evacuation of Columbia public safety employees, one of our facilities team members received threats. The government said, "We will not jeopardize our community's safety or the possibility of a further escalation."
Hours before Police Commissioner Edward Caban said that his officers would be ready to deploy upon getting the request, the Ivy League university announced that it had decided to have the NYPD intervene early on Tuesday morning.
"The decision to reach out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause they are championing," authorities said.
"We have made it clear that the life of campus cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules and the law."
Hours before, sources said, roughly one hundred policemen from the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit boarded buses and headed to Columbia in anticipation of the university's need for assistance. This was part of the police mobilization to approach the campus.
Several additional cops congregated on a street corner, presumably waiting for orders, wearing riot gear and with zip-tie handcuffs. Chanting "Shame, shame, shame!" when the NYPD stopped both pedestrian and car traffic on 114th Street and Broadway, onlookers denounced their conduct.
Owing to "heightened activity" on the Morningside campus, Columbia University issued a shelter-in-place order for students around 45 minutes before to the NYPD's involvement. The order threatened disciplinary penalty for noncompliance.
In a harsh statement, the Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors said that the administration had disregarded faculty proposals to "defuse the situation."
"We hold the University administration accountable for the catastrophic errors of judgment that have led us to this situation. Any injuries that may arise during any police action on our campus will be the responsibility of the University President, her senior staff, and the Board of Trustees, the organization said.
Commissioner of the New York Police agency Edward Caban said earlier on Tuesday that the agency will step in if needed, just as they had done two weeks ago when students first set up their makeshift tent city.
"Once the university acts for our help, the NYPD will be there ready to assist them," Caban stated.
The people detained inside Hamilton Hall, according to police, would face charges of trespassing, criminal mischief, and third-degree burglary. There would be charges of trespassing and disorderly behavior against other people apprehended at the South Lawn encampment.
The NYPD leadership revealed on Tuesday that the group of masked agitators who broke into Hamilton Hall last night were "professional outside agitators" who had no connection to either the pro-Palestinian movement or Columbia University.
The police, according to police sources, were able to evacuate the gang who had entered Hamilton Hall early on Tuesday morning at the Ivy League institution. At 9:13 p.m., dozens of cops from the Emergency Service Unit arrived on the Morningside Heights campus, but they encountered opposition at the locked main entrance. After police officers broke through a window with pepper spray and zip ties, they apprehended dozens of people outside the premises.
With just a glass pane separating them from the cops, a few protestors remained at the doorway seemingly undisturbed while their street-based colleagues yelled, "Pigs!"
The NYPD made use of the MARS, or Mobile Adjustable Ramp System. A Lenco Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Vehicle has a ramp that dozens of police officers used to access an upper window and approach the area.
They used flashbang grenades to confuse the demonstrators.
It just took twenty minutes to make many arrests. The demonstrators were led from Hamilton Hall into three NYPD busses, many of whom had surgical masks or keffiyehs covering their faces.
Multiple protestors expressed their disapproval of Israel throughout the proceedings, with one even breaking down in tears.
Officers encountered angry yells of "NYPD, KKK, IOF!" as they stationed themselves in front of off-campus homes. They are all identical.
Within fifteen minutes of the police entering the campus, Columbia University released a statement in which it expressed its "regret" at having to use law enforcement to deal with the situation.
"We were left with no option when the University discovered over night that Hamilton Hall had been invaded, damaged, and blockaded. Along with the forced evacuation of Columbia public safety employees, one of our facilities team members received threats. The government said, "We will not jeopardize our community's safety or the possibility of a further escalation."
Hours before Police Commissioner Edward Caban said that his officers would be ready to deploy upon getting the request, the Ivy League university announced that it had decided to have the NYPD intervene early on Tuesday morning.
"The decision to reach out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause they are championing," authorities said.
"We have made it clear that the life of campus cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules and the law."
Hours before, sources said, roughly one hundred policemen from the NYPD's Emergency Service Unit boarded buses and headed to Columbia in anticipation of the university's need for assistance. This was part of the police mobilization to approach the campus.
Several additional cops congregated on a street corner, presumably waiting for orders, wearing riot gear and with zip-tie handcuffs. Chanting "Shame, shame, shame!" when the NYPD stopped both pedestrian and car traffic on 114th Street and Broadway, onlookers denounced their conduct.
Owing to "heightened activity" on the Morningside campus, Columbia University issued a shelter-in-place order for students around 45 minutes before to the NYPD's involvement. The order threatened disciplinary penalty for noncompliance.
In a harsh statement, the Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors said that the administration had disregarded faculty proposals to "defuse the situation."
"We hold the University administration accountable for the catastrophic errors of judgment that have led us to this situation. Any injuries that may arise during any police action on our campus will be the responsibility of the University President, her senior staff, and the Board of Trustees, the organization said.
Commissioner of the New York Police agency Edward Caban said earlier on Tuesday that the agency will step in if needed, just as they had done two weeks ago when students first set up their makeshift tent city.
"Once the university acts for our help, the NYPD will be there ready to assist them," Caban stated.
The people detained inside Hamilton Hall, according to police, would face charges of trespassing, criminal mischief, and third-degree burglary. There would be charges of trespassing and disorderly behavior against other people apprehended at the South Lawn encampment.
The NYPD leadership revealed on Tuesday that the group of masked agitators who broke into Hamilton Hall last night were "professional outside agitators" who had no connection to either the pro-Palestinian movement or Columbia University.
