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What we know about the protests and arrests on US college campuses.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested in the last 24 hours on college campuses across the United States. In most of the demonstrations, educational centers have been asked exclude companies that support Israel and the war in Gaza from investments made with the donations they receive.
One person had to be hospitalized after escalating clashes between law enforcement and protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles, after a violent clash between pro-Palestinian protesters and counter-protesters on Tuesday night.
In New York, about 300 protesters were detained overnight at Columbia University and City College after officers cleared encampments and an occupied building.
This is what is happening across the United States:
New York police officers remain on closed streets surrounding Columbia University on Tuesday, April 30. (Credit: Caitlin Ochs/)
Columbia University
The dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism stated that there are discussions about what will happen with graduation, the permanent presence of the NYPD on campus and the university’s next steps in the wake of the events of the night of this Tuesday. Of those arrested Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he does not have a breakdown of how many were outsiders. New York Mayor Eric Adams previously claimed there were people on campus who should not have been there.
New York University students set up an encampment called the “Liberated Zone” in Gould Plaza at the NYU Stern School of Business on April 22 (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
New York University
Of the arrests made on the New York University campus last week, less than half were current students, faculty and staff, according to the university. On April 22, 133 people were detained in Gould Plaza on campus and 65 were current students, faculty and staff, according to the university.
An NYPD officer removes a tent set up by pro-Palestinian protesters inside a Fordham University building in New York on Wednesday, May 1. (Credit: NYPDDaughtry/X/Handout/)
Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus
The New York Police Department reported that it arrested several people this Wednesday afternoon after breaking up a camp on Fordham University’s Lincoln Center campus. The university requested help from the NYPD, the police department said.
Pro-Palestinian protesters rebuilt a barricade around an encampment on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus on Wednesday, May 1. Before police were deployed to the campus, pro-Palestinian protesters and supporters of Israel clashed at the university, according to multiple reports. (Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP/Getty Images)
University of California, Los Angeles
Fifteen people were injured and one was hospitalized after protesters and counterprotesters clashed on campus, according to authorities. The University of California’s Office of the President ordered “an independent external review” of the school’s actions. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block also said the school is conducting a “thorough investigation” that could lead to “detentions, expulsions and dismissals.”
Hundreds of student protesters remain at Library Mall Wednesday afternoon, many of them holding a silent vigil with their arms raised. (Credit: Bill Kirkos/CNN)
Hundreds of student protesters remain at the Library Mall Wednesday afternoon, with many holding a silent vigil with arms locked.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hundreds of people remained around the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Library Mall on Wednesday afternoon, just hours after law enforcement tore down tents in the area. Protesters engaged in a demonstration and the camp was set up again after police left the scene. At least 30 protesters were cited and several more were arrested after resisting “police action to remove the tents or otherwise interfere with the operation,” said Chancellor Jennifer L. Mnookin.
View of the barricaded building of the State University Library in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, April 30. (Credit: Jan Sonnenmair/)
Portland State University
Negotiations with Portland State University student protesters who occupied a campus library failed early Wednesday, but about 50 people left the building, the university president said. Between 50 and 75 protesters broke into the Branford Price Millar Library on Monday, Portland Police Chief Bob Day previously told CNN.
Protesters march toward an admissions building at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday, May 1. (Credit: Megan Varner/)
Emory University
A group of protesters with pro-Palestinian signs gathered Wednesday in front of the university student admissions building. A police officer was at the door of the building and a small group of protesters were also inside.
A person stands at a camp at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 1 (Credit: Matt Rourke/AP)
University of Pennsylvania
Campus police removed banners and arrested a man for spraying an unknown liquid at the University of Pennsylvania’s pro-Palestinian camp, according to CNN affiliate WPVI. University public safety officials did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment, however, campus police officers told The Philadelphia Inquirer that the person was not affiliated with UPenn.
Here’s what you need to know:
In the election campaign: The White House sought to respond to questions about President Joe Biden’s relative silence on the protests by noting his condemnation of anti-Semitism. Biden will deliver the inaugural address at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum this Tuesday, he previously announced. Former President Donald Trump described watching New York police officers clear the Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters as “a beautiful thing to see.”
In the Capitol: The House passed a bill that would more broadly expand the definition of anti-Semitism. Supporters of the legislation say it will help combat anti-Semitism on college campuses, but opponents say it overreaches and threatens to curb free speech.
