Daniel Arkin is a national reporter at NBC News.
The clashes between police officers and pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses have seized national attention, putting a spotlight on modern-day campus activism, law enforcement tactics and the contentious debate over Israel’s war in Gaza. In the last three weeks, more than 2,000 people have been arrested across the U.S., according to a tally compiled by NBC News.
were current or former students; in other cases, they were not affiliated with the campuses in question. New York police and Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that roughly 29% of the 112 people arrested at Columbia on Tuesday were “unaffiliated parties.” They added that 60% of the 170 people arrested at City College of New York that day were unaffiliated, too.
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