Police ordered pro-Palestine protesters to leave a tent encampment at New York University early Friday, a move that follows weeks of demonstrations and police clashes on college campuses across the country that have resulted in more of 2,300 arrests.
About a dozen protesters who refused police orders to leave were arrested and about 30 more left voluntarily, according to NYU spokesman John Beckman. The action, which began around 6 a.m. at the request of school officials, was carried out “to minimize the likelihood of injury” or the spread of the disruption, Beckman said.
Classes will continue as scheduled on Friday, he said. On April 22, a larger NYU encampment was dismantled and more than 130 protesters were arrested.
New York Police Department officers also moved in Friday to clear a similar encampment at The New School in Greenwich Village. At least two buildings were closed and students were unable to enter classes. Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry posted on
A video posted by Daughtry showed dozens of helmeted officers massing outside the school on lower Fifth Avenue. Details about the arrests at The New School were not immediately released. Messages were sent to the school seeking comment.
Meanwhile, at the State University of New York at New Paltz, police said 133 people were arrested Thursday night when a pro-Palestinian camp was dismantled. University President Darrell P. Wheeler said administrators hoped to avoid expulsion, but it became necessary.
At the University of Tennessee, nine people, including seven students and two people not affiliated with the school, were arrested Thursday night after a group gathered on the law school lawn in violation of policy of the university, do not leave after the 9 pm deadline, the university said. All nine were issued summonses and released, Chancellor Donde Plowman said in a statement Friday morning. Students will face sanctions under the student code of conduct.
Earlier in the week, more than 100 people were arrested during a crackdown at Columbia University. The camp in Columbia, established on April 17, inspired a wave of similar camps across the country over the war between Israel and Hamas.
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