Columbia
On April 30, 1968, police flooded onto Columbia University's campus to end a demonstration students had staged — a scene that was eerily repeated 56 years later.
The former president criticized pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University for causing “tremendous damage.”
The White House condemned the New York campus escalation as protestors entered Hamilton Hall, the scene of civil rights and Vietnam demonstrations in 1968.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said that about 300 people were arrested at Columbia University and City College.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Student activists defied a 2 p.m. deadline to leave an encampment of around 120 tents on the school’s Manhattan campus
The open letter Monday represented one of the largest shows of support among progressive groups for the burgeoning student protests.
The university said it won’t divest from Israel and that it has failed to come to an agreement with students protesting the war in Gaza.
The incident occurred after a group of Christian nationalists marched outside the campus, which is the site of a pro-Palestinian student encampment.
Inviting armed, militarized police on college campuses to disperse peaceful anti-war protesters and others has historically not ended well.
The House’s top Republican visited the university in New York City, where activists have taken over part of campus to protest Israel’s brutal invasion of Gaza.