Police officers clear out anti-war student protests on campus, just a day after the university leader spoke to Congress about protest regulations.
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestine on the Columbia University campus in New York City / Photo: Reuters
The Congresswoman had questioned Columbia's president, Nemat Shafik, about the school's targeting of pro-Palestinian protesters at a hearing on Wednesday.ARRESTS HAVE BEGUN. COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HAS BEGUN ARRESTING THE STUDENTS IN THE GAZA SOLIDARITY ENCAMPMENT. SHAME ON COLUMBIA AND MINOUCHE SHAFIK.
"Shame on you," a raucous throng of students can be heard shouting as police entered with dozens of zip ties to take students into custody."We demand full amnesty for all students disciplined for their involvement in the encampment or the movement for Palestinian liberation," Rosy Fitzgerald, a spokesperson for the Institute for Middle East Understanding, said in a statement.
"I recall when Columbia invited me to talk on authoritarianism and dissent in the former Soviet Union," Kendzior remarked, drawing a stark parallel.
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