Stony brook student encampment, peacefully protesting against genocide. University Police decided to confront them, rip their tents away, pull out a knife and slice their tents, push and shove students, including one in a wheelchair.

Large group of supporters at jail support here outside of 1 Police Plaza. NYPD violently arrested somewhere around 300 protesters at Columbia & City College Gaza solidarity encampments last night as they tore them down, and it sounds like less than half have been released so far.

NOW: Staff are now putting up tarps to cover the windows surrounding the encampment at Fordham

.NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry claims they wanted to keep reporters at a distance during the raid at Columbia last night because of '100s' of reporters 'getting in the way' of the cops shutting down an NYU encampment last week.

katie honan interjects 'there aren't that many reporters'

respectfully, Columbia did not make this at all clear. the university’s statement announcing the NYPD had arrived on campus last night said “we believe” the group that occupied Hamilton Hall was led by outsiders. it did not provide evidence: communications.news.columbia.edu/news/campus-up…

NYPD emerging from City College with arrested students.

Another bus filled with arrested pro-Palestine protesters & NYPD cops just left CCNY. Other protesters cheered their arrested comrades. Arrested protesters inside the bus were chanting too!

Per WKCR, NYPD is threatening journalism school students, professors, and even the dean with arrest if they leave Pulitzer Hall

In the building where I'm currently blocked in by police, they won't let me out despite showing many of them my NYPD press pass, students chant as more are lead away in zip ties who'd been blocking 'Hinds Hall'

Helmeted cops continuing to pour into the occupied building.