April 19, 2024
Protests against the war in Gaza continued today outside Columbia University. Yesterday NYPD was summoned by the University to evict protesters from an encampment on the school’s property and a hundred people were arrested for trespassing. The activists were out on Broadway today beating a drum, waving Palestinian flags, and chanting “Free, free, free Palestine.” The mobilization was peaceful as about a hundred helmeted police officers contained around the same number of protesters in a narrow strip of sidewalk on Broadway near W116th Street.