Police Act to End Pro-Palestine Occupation of Columbia University Building, Students Involved Face Expulsion

Leaders of Hamilton Hall occupation believed not to be affiliated with Columbia University, according to university officials.

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.”