Multiple people were arrested on May 7 during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University in New York.
Dozens of protesters stood on tables, beat drums, and unfurled pro-Palestinian banners in the reading room of Columbia University’s main library on Wednesday.
Videos and photographs on social media showed protesters, most wearing masks, with banners saying “Strike For Gaza” and “Liberated Zone” beneath the Lawrence A. Wein Reading Room’s chandeliers in the Butler Library.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) responded to the incident at the request of the university.
“The NYPD responded to an ongoing situation on campus where individuals have occupied a library and are trespassing,” a department spokesperson said in an emailed statement to NTD, sister media of The Epoch Times. “Multiple individuals who did not comply with verbal warnings by the NYPD to disperse were taken into custody.”…