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NYC says half of arrests at campus protests involved non-students Following the
mayor's claims that "outside agitators" escalated protests this week at two
Manhattan campuses, city officials released data saying 134 of the 282 people
arrested were not students.


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NYC SAYS HALF OF THOSE ARRESTED AT 2 PRO-PALESTINIAN CAMPUS PROTESTS WERE NOT
STUDENTS

Updated May 4, 20245:27 PM ET Originally published May 4, 20244:47 PM ET

Emma Bowman

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New York Police Department officers load arrested protesters from Columbia
University onto a bus, on Tuesday in New York.

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New York City officials say nearly half of the 282 people arrested at
pro-Palestinian protests on two campuses this past week are not currently
affiliated with either school.

The arrest breakdown was released on Thursday by the New York City Police
Department and Mayor Eric Adams following mounting pressure for Adams to reveal
how many of those arrested at Columbia University and The City College of New
York were students after his repeated claims that "outside agitators" guided the
protests that led to the arrests.

City officials said 29% of the 112 people arrested at a protest at Columbia on
Tuesday were not affiliated with the school. At the City College protest, 60% of
the 170 arrested were not affiliated with the school, according to the city's
press release.

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Police were sent to Columbia University at the request of school administrators,
who had said protesters' occupation of Hamilton Hall was led by individuals not
affiliated with Columbia.

As students at campuses across the country protest Israel's war against Hamas in
Gaza, with many demanding their universities divest from Israel, school
officials have requested police action. More than 2,100 people have been
arrested at pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses in recent weeks. But
officials in some cities have refused calls from school administrators to
disband police to campus protests.

Adams told NPR on Thursday that he sent police to Columbia after learning that
"one of the outside agitators' husband was arrested for federal terrorism
charges."


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He called that the "tipping point," adding "I knew I could not sit back and
state that I'm going to allow this to continue to escalate."

Nahla Al-Arian, the person he was referring to, told The Associated Press that
the mayor had misrepresented her husband's history and her role in the protest.

After a mass of demonstrators marched from Columbia to nearby City College on
Tuesday evening, university public safety officers made 25 arrests before
calling in the NYPD, which made additional arrests. Police said school officials
made the call in response to "violence and vandalism, not in response to
peaceful protest."



Students and onlookers have criticized the heavy use of police force at the
Manhattan campuses — and at other schools.

City officials have not released further identifying information about the list
of individuals arrested at Tuesday's campus protests.

"We turned everything over to the school, and it is up to the school to
determine if they're going to release the names of students and non-students,"
Mayor Adams told NY1's morning show on Thursday.

The city also said that protesters' refusal to speak with police has hindered
the arrest identification process.

"Most arrested did not cooperate with the NYPD and would not provide information
— slowing down the process of identifying whether they had any affiliation with
Columbia or CCNY," read the city's press release.

A spokesperson for the mayor's office told NPR that, for the arrested protesters
who did not provide their names, the city worked with school officials who
determined affiliation with Columbia or CCNY using their mugshots. NPR has
reached out to both schools for clarification on their processes.

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