The NYPD shared video of its raid at Columbia University's Hamilton Hall Tuesday night after the school requested that police take the building back from anti-Israel agitators.
The New York City Police Department released footage Tuesday night of its raid inside a Columbia University building after being given permission to take it back from anti-Israel agitators. Hamilton Hall, which was overtaken late Monday night, was cleared at around 11 p.m. Tuesday after a nearly two-hour operation by NYPD officers, most of whom were in riot gear. The encampment on campus was also cleared of agitators, only their tents remained when the raid was over.
The footage from the raid showed officers climbing ladders to enter Hamilton Hall through second-floor windows. Once inside the building, short video clips released by the NYPD showed officers moving chairs that were barricading doors and breaking into rooms that were locked. '@NYPDnews is dispersing the unlawful encampment and persons barricaded inside of university buildings and restoring order,' Daughtry continued on X. 'We are in constant communication with university officials.
The escalating violence of anti-Israel agitators at Columbia prompted the university to request the NYPD's presence on campus through at least May 17 – two days past graduation.
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