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@AnthonyCabassa_: RT by @sentdefender: BREAKING🚨: Using a drone I was able to get EXCLUSIVE UCLA Pro Palestine encampment footage. They are TRAINING protestors in hand to hand combat as LAPD expected to tear down the encampment as soon as tonight, and potential fights with police expected. The school has deemed the…


BREAKING🚨: Using a drone I was able to get EXCLUSIVE UCLA Pro Palestine encampment footage. They are TRAINING protestors in hand to hand combat as LAPD expected to tear down the encampment as soon as tonight, and potential fights with police expected.

The school has deemed the… pic.twitter.com/SmLSX6cPjG

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The post @AnthonyCabassa_: RT by @sentdefender: BREAKING🚨: Using a drone I was able to get EXCLUSIVE UCLA Pro Palestine encampment footage. They are TRAINING protestors in hand to hand combat as LAPD expected to tear down the encampment as soon as tonight, and potential fights with police expected. The school has deemed the… first appeared on JOSSICA – The Journal of the Open Source Strategic Intelligence and Counterintelligence Analysis.


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Police detain pro-Palestinian protesters after takeover of Columbia University building



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New York police arrest protesters occupying Columbia University building


New York Police arrest protesters occupying Columbia University building. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel. He is pushing for a cease-fire and increasing aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier on Tuesday vowed to go ahead with a military operation in Rafah despite international concern over the fate of more than 1 million Palestinians sheltering there. Authorities across South and Southeast Asia are warning people of health risks as a life-threatening heat wave bears down across the region. A Polish soccer fan completed a 100-kilometre walk on Sunday to meet the goalkeeper of Radomiak Radom, honoring a pledge he made on social media.

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Police Sweep Columbia’s Campus, Arrest Students Who Seized University Building


MANHATTAN—New York City police officers entered Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest students who seized a school building, a move that came after president Minouche Shafik declined for days to bring police to campus as unsanctioned protesters refused to leave their “Gaza Solidarity” encampment.

Police established a perimeter near Columbia’s campus around 7:30 p.m. as a group of officers in riot gear moved toward the entrance. They carried batons and zip ties. Protesters outside the gates chanted, “NYPD! KKK!” The school issued a “shelter in place” alert.

Streets have been blocked off, but anti-Israel protesters are still out here. pic.twitter.com/DL5seo7jzI

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) May 1, 2024

‘NYPD. KKK.” pic.twitter.com/dmGhd2gxxV

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) May 1, 2024

On campus, keffiyeh-clad students responded by forming a human chain around Hamilton Hall, which was occupied by dozens of students. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, one of the groups behind the encampment, posted a photo of police vans approaching campus under the caption, “NYPD is the real occupying force. ALL OUT TO COLUMBIA! DEFEND THE ENCAMPMENTS! FROM THE WALLS TO THE GATES, IT IS TIME TO ESCALATE.”

BREAKING: Imminent NYPD arrests

Columbia SJP says ‘IT IS TIME TO ESCALATE!”@FreeBeacon pic.twitter.com/1bU9DMJnVj

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) May 1, 2024

Sweep is imminent. pic.twitter.com/rbAPHVBqzh

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) May 1, 2024

Police entered campus just past 9 p.m. Some officers searched the encampment while others entered Hamilton Hall through the second-floor windows. They entered the hall around 9:30 p.m. and began escorting students off campus using zip ties. Many were sent off in buses.

Hundreds of NYPD officers are marching in. pic.twitter.com/pJsV6FSUg0

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) May 1, 2024

Buses are moving in. pic.twitter.com/jo8u9Phkmk

— Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) May 1, 2024

It’s unclear how many students and other participants were arrested. Those who occupied Hamilton Hall could face burglary, criminal mischief, and trespassing charges, according to New York City police commissioner Edward Caban. Members of the unauthorized “Gaza Solidarity” encampment on the campus lawn could face trespassing and disorderly conduct charges, he said.

Columbia president Minouche Shafik for days declined to bring police to campus after doing so on April 18, one day after both her testimony to Congress on campus anti-Semitism and the “Gaza Solidarity” encampment’s formation. Students quickly reconstructed the encampment.

Shafik then set four different deadlines for students to clear the encampment, the last of which came after she spent days negotiating with protesters—only to come to no agreement and ask them to “voluntarily disperse.”

All of the deadlines were ignored.

Then, on Monday, the school began suspending students who refused to leave the encampment. Protesters responded by storming Hamilton Hall overnight, using a hammer to smash glass doors and tables and chairs to barricade the entrance. They also pushed and grabbed those who tried to block the takeover or film the chaos.

Some faculty members who flocked to the encampment to support students watched on. 

Students on campus during the takeover called police, but law enforcement never arrived, as Shafik did not want to make arrests, an NYPD spokesperson said. Columbia later said Hamilton Hall occupants “face expulsion.” Still, students remained inside until police entered campus Tuesday night.

A Columbia spokesman issued a statement around 9:30 p.m., saying the school’s “leadership team” met “throughout the night and into the early morning … to determine the best plan to protect our students and the entire Columbia community.”

“We made the decision, early in the morning, that this was a law enforcement matter, and that the NYPD were best positioned to determine and execute an appropriate response,” the spokesman said. “The decision to reach out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause they are championing.”

Classes at Columbia ended Monday, and final examinations begin Friday. Commencement is roughly two weeks away and will take place on May 15. University officials will continue to provide updates “on access to campus buildings” through “the next few days,” according to the spokesman.

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@Gerashchenko_en: RT by @mikenov: Tucker Carlson continues popularizing Russian ideology. He interviewed Dugin, one of the key Russian ideologists. Dugin is among the main inspirers of the war and genocide of Ukrainians. During the interview, Tucker Carlson was once more in a “silent listener” position, giving…


Tucker Carlson continues popularizing Russian ideology. He interviewed Dugin, one of the key Russian ideologists. Dugin is among the main inspirers of the war and genocide of Ukrainians.

During the interview, Tucker Carlson was once more in a “silent listener” position, giving… https://t.co/8rgSr1xt5f pic.twitter.com/QhpRGbLI7f

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 30, 2024

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@Gerashchenko_en: RT by @mikenov: Tucker Carlson continues popularizing Russian ideology. He interviewed Dugin, one of the key Russian ideologists. Dugin is among the main inspirers of the war and genocide of Ukrainians. During the interview, Tucker Carlson was once more in a “silent listener” position, giving…


Tucker Carlson continues popularizing Russian ideology. He interviewed Dugin, one of the key Russian ideologists. Dugin is among the main inspirers of the war and genocide of Ukrainians.

During the interview, Tucker Carlson was once more in a “silent listener” position, giving… https://t.co/8rgSr1xt5f pic.twitter.com/QhpRGbLI7f

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) April 30, 2024

The post @Gerashchenko_en: RT by @mikenov: Tucker Carlson continues popularizing Russian ideology. He interviewed Dugin, one of the key Russian ideologists. Dugin is among the main inspirers of the war and genocide of Ukrainians. During the interview, Tucker Carlson was once more in a “silent listener” position, giving… first appeared on October Surprise 2016.