Photos yesterday by Daniel Efram
According to published reports, the NYPD arrested some 150 people last night at the site of the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" that a few dozen NYU students set up early yesterday morning at Gould Plaza on the school's main campus.
The numbers at the encampment grew to several hundred during the day.
As the Associated Press reported: "The school said it warned the crowd to leave, then called in the police after the scene became disorderly and the university said it learned of reports of 'intimidating chants and several antisemitic incidents.'"
Officers in riot gear began making arrests around 8:30 p.m., per media accounts and bystanders.
NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry posted this statement to X...
EVG regular Daniel Efram shared these photos from last evening... Those arrested included students and faculty.Earlier today, the NYPD received the attached letter from NYU — detailing a request to clear Gould Plaza of individuals who were refusing to comply with repeated requests to disperse. They were described as “interfering with the safety and security of our community.” Our… pic.twitter.com/oA758efW74
— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry (@NYPDDaughtry) April 23, 2024
"It's a really outrageous crackdown by the university to allow the police to arrest students on our own campus,” NYU law student Byul Yoon told the AP. "Antisemitism is never ok. That's absolutely not what we stand for and that's why there are so many Jewish comrades that are here with us today."
NYU's independent student newspaper, Washington Square News, reported that after the arrests, some 100 people protested outside 1 Police Plaza.
Read more of their coverage here.
Meanwhile, at Columbia, the university's campus "has become the epicenter of the unrest in the U.S.," per Axios.