New York City said 'no injuries' at Columbia arrests; students' medical records say otherwise

IAM, a Union Theological Seminary Graduate student holds a phone displaying a photo taken shortly after suffering a broken orbital bone, which they report was caused after an NYPD law enforcement officer kicked their face while clearing protesters supporting Palestinians from Hamilton Hall on Columbia University Campus, in New York City, New York, US on May 11, 2024.

The arrests came after Columbia President Minouche Shafik, in a hotly debated decision, called in police hours into the occupation at the epicenter of a student protest movement that has spread to campuses around the world. Moments later, an officer slammed the left side of his forehead into the floor of Hamilton Hall, Holmes said.

Mamelak wrote in an email that the arrests, which involved hundreds of armed officers in riot gear, were "a complicated operation" handled "with professionalism and respect." He added that the university "would take seriously any complaints of inappropriate behaviour and would investigate them."As police used electric saws to cut through barricades of heavy furniture and bike chains, several protesters said they sat on the floor in Hamilton's lobby, hands raised.

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