According to CBS News and other foreign media reports, local time on Tuesday night, the New York Police (NYPD) entered the campus of Columbia University to arrest protesters, according to the police, 48 people have been detained and 3 camps have been demolished.
Screenshot of the CBS News coverage page
The media also said that when the police entered the campus, protesters gathered around the campus chanted slogans in support of Palestine.
The mayor of New York City and local law enforcement officials said they believed outside agitators co-opted the campus protests. The president of Columbia University had earlier written to the New York Police Department to help respond to the protests.
Police in riot gear arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia University on Tuesday night and cleaned up a building occupied by protesters about 20 hours earlier, according to the New York Times and other foreign media reports.
Columbia University said it called the campus for the second time in less than two weeks after a building was damaged and cordoned. The university's president, Nemat Shafik, asked the NYPD to maintain a police presence on campus until at least May 17 to prevent further actions such as protest camps or building occupations.