New York police in full riot gear stormed Columbia University and the City College of New York Tuesday night, arresting over 300 students to break up Gaza solidarity encampments on the two campuses. The police raid began at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, who has also asked the po...
We also speak with two Columbia University students who witnessed the police crackdown. “*When the police arrived, they were extremely efficient in removing all eyewitnesses, including legal observers,” *says journalism student Gillian Goodman, who has been covering the protests for weeks and who says she and others slept on campus in order to be able to continue coverage and avoid being locked out.