Police started making arrests Thursday afternoon at a makeshift encampment that pro-Palestinian protesters had set up on Columbia's quad.
NEW YORK -- Police made arrests at Columbia University on Thursday at a makeshift encampment set up by pro-Palestinian protesters on the university's South Lawn. As arrests were being made, some protesters were chanting ' NYPD KKK.' In a letter, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik asked the NYPD to move in, writing 'I have determined that the encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger to the substantial functioning of the University.
Demonstrations started on Wednesday before administrators locked down campus amid dueling protests between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel groups. Police said one person was arrested. Protests intensified Thursday morning and more arrests were made as small pro-Palestinian demonstrations took place outside Columbia's campus gates. Some demonstrators expressed discontent with how they say the NYPD handled the situation. 'There was no point of ever working with the police.
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