After police shut down tent encampments at two more New York City colleges on Friday morning, protests against the actions took place, involving far more people than had been involved in the encampments.
More than 100 individuals arrested at protests at two campuses in New York were not affiliated with the schools, according to the mayor and New York Police Department (NYPD) commissioner. At Columbia University on Tuesday,
Police cleared out pro-Gaza encampments at New York University and The New School early Friday morning, arresting dozens of protesters urging the schools to divest from Israel over the war in Gaza, police and university officials said.
Dozens of people were arrested Friday morning when the NYPD cleared out protests at NYU and The New School in Greenwich Village. Of the 56 arrests, 43 were made at The New School and 13 at NYU. NYU and The New School,