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Pro-Palestinian protestors at Columbia University settle in for 10th day

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Officials at Columbia and some other schools have been negotiating with student protestors who have rebuffed police and doubled down.

A statue of George Washington is seen with a Palestinian flag during a rally at George Washington University during a pro-Palestinian protest over the Israel-Hamas war

After a tent encampment popped up on Thursday at Indiana University Bloomington, police with shields and batons shoved into protesters and arrested 33. Hours later at the University of Connecticut, police tore down tents and arrested one person. Columbia officials said that negotiations were showing progress as they neared the school’s deadline of early on Friday to reach an agreement on dismantling the encampment.

Faculty members met with protestors on Thursday to try to negotiate a solution as the campus remains shut down at least through the weekend. The US Education Department has launched civil rights investigations into dozens of universities and schools in response to complaints of antisemitism or Islamophobia

Tensions were already high after USC cancelled a planned commencement speech by the school’s pro-Palestinian valedictorian, citing safety concerns. Video shows police first warning students in an alleyway to leave. Students link arms to resist officers, who move forcefully through the crowd and throw some protesters to the ground.Emerson College leaders had warned students that the alley was a public right-of-way and city authorities had threatened to take action if the protesters did not leave.

 

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