Hundreds of New York Police Department officers, many with batons and in riot gear, moved onto Columbia University’s campus on Tuesday evening as student protesters continued a largely peaceful occupation of a campus building in protest of the Israel-Hamas war.
Student protesters barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, escalating after more than a week of a protest encampment in the university’s outdoor common space.
Police entered the hall through a second floor window at about 9:30 p.m., hours after Columbia ordered students to shelter in place on…
