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Student protesters have occupied an academic building at Columbia University, according to videos posted on social media.
Footage shows protesters smashing the glass of Hamilton Hall’s doors and locking it shut.
It comes after a Columbia University spokesperson said that it was beginning to suspend students who defied an ultimatum to leave a pro-Palestinian protest encampment there by a 2 p.m. deadline on Monday.
Students at Columbia University have occupied Hamilton hall. Today the university president explicitly said to students the school would not be divesting and threatened to suspend students protesting. The last time this building was taken over by student protesters was in 1968 pic.twitter.com/IhoWVYlocB
— Lama Al-Arian (@lalarian) April 30, 2024
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