The NYPD Descent on Columbia, Told by Student Journalists
The mayor and the police blamed “outside agitators” for campus protests. Student journalists reported what they saw.
![Student protesters gather at Columbia's Hamilton Hall or "Hind's Hall," renamed after Hind Rajab, a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was shot to death with paramedics on an IDF-supplied emergency route. On the right, they hang a banner that says "HIND'S HALL." Protesters sit up high on a facade.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/QfRmJLoSBPkGXIYnMeShagUNZ6pP975WP1Mv1nqWo7M/w:820/h:546/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/f:jpg/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9pbmR5LXNjaG9sdGVucy1oaW5kcy1oYWxsLmpwZw.jpg)
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![Police march arrested protesters at Columbia University on April 30, 2024.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/LstjrPf9glT7eBsGCUoeF0wmsisYzL_xAERaVTIztQE/w:820/h:546/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9NdWt0YS1Kb3NoaS1tYXJjaC5KUEc.jpg)
![The Columbia University lawn on May 1, 2024, after police cleared the encampment.](https://imgproxy.gridwork.co/FBsgqVdjpPxGZadiZAW7C7gyLAutB5rrVd0XaWb4bG4/w:820/h:546/rt:fill/g:fp:0.5:0.5/q:90/el:1/aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy51cy1lYXN0LTIuYW1hem9uYXdzLmNvbS9ueXNmb2N1cy9tdWt0YS1qb3NoaS1sYXduLmpwZw.jpg)
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