NYPD officers arrest protester students as they evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University, in New York City on April 30, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images
The New York Police Department entered Hamilton Hall on April 30 and began arresting pro-Palestine protestors who had begun illegally occupying the school building the day before.
Hundreds of protestors outside the Ivy League institution chanted, “Let the students go.”
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]