NYPD Arrests Over 300 Protesters in Crackdown on College Campuses
- Police to retain presence on Columbia campus through mid-May
- Violence breaks out on West Coast at UCLA protest encampment
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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.