Some arrests were made during Thursday morning's demonstrations outside Columbia's Morningside Heights campus
NEW YORK -- There were new tensions at Columbia University on Thursday morning as pro-Palestinian and pro- Israel i demonstrators faced off.The NYPD made some arrests. It all happened a day after the university's president was grilled on Capitol Hill.Things calmed down as the morning went on, as protesters still in attendance were vastly outnumbered by police.The dueling demonstrations started on Wednesday, but were ratcheted up on Thursday. The arrests started just after 8 a.m.
'Not allowing us to exercise any of our rights,' Selena said.Protests continue after Columbia's president testifies on Capitol HillDemonstrations began Wednesday when Columbia's president, Minouche Shafik, testified on Capitol Hill, where she was accused of failing to discipline students for antisemitic rhetoric. Demonstrators at the school's Morningside Heights campus reacted to her testimony.
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