NYPD Makes About 300 Arrests in Crackdown at Columbia, CUNY (3)

New York police officers arrested almost 300 people as they broke up escalating pro-Palestinian protests at two colleges amid an outpouring of anger over the Israel-Hamas war.

A total of 282 people were arrested, including 119 at Columbia University and the rest at City College of New York, John Chell, chief of patrol at the New York Police Department, told reporters Wednesday. Officials reiterated their view that outside agitators had joined the Columbia protest but said they were still determining how many non-students were arrested.

WATCH: New York City police officers entered a Columbia University building that pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over.

Source: WABC; City of New York Police Department)

“We went in and conducted an operation to allow Columbia University to remove ...