Dozens arrested at NYU pro-Palestinian protest

(23 Apr 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York - 22 April 2024
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1. Wide of students occupying Gould Plaza in front of NYU’s Stern School of Business
2. Various of NYPD officers arriving
3. Mid of police arresting protester
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Byul Yoon, NYU law student:
“The police just started grabbing random people, people that were not trying to be arrested, people that are just trying to, you know…we're students, this is our university. Why are we not allowed to be here? Why are we not allowed to express ourselves?”
5. Various of police making arrests on Gould Plaza
6. Wide of students queuing alongside police
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Byul Yoon, NYU law student:
“This is about life, and this is about preserving the life and defending Palestinian lives that are under attack right now.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Byul Yoon, NYU law student:
“It's a really, really outrageous crackdown by the university to allow the police to arrest students on our own campus.”
9. Various of protesters chanting, UPSOUND (English): “Shut it down! Shut it down!”
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Byul Yoon, NYU law student:
“Anti-Semitism is never OK. And that's absolutely not we stand for. And that's why there are so many Jewish comrades that are here with us today. I know for a fact that we have fellow Jewish students at NYU that are out here today that are organizing, that are putting themselves on the line.”
11. Mid of protester holding a sign, reading (English): “Jews for liberated Palestine.”
12. Various of protesters chanting and holding signs
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AP video shot by: Noreen Nasir
STORYLINE:
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at an encampment set up by New York University students calling for the school to divest from weapons manufacturers and the Israeli government amid the war in Gaza.
More than 100 New York Police Department officers entered the encampment to begin making arrests shortly after 8:30pm, following warnings of arrest for trespassing.
“We’re students, this is our university. Why are we not allowed to be here? Why are we not allowed to express ourselves?” said NYU law student Byul Yoon. “It’s a really outrageous crackdown by the university to allow the police to arrest students on our own campus.”
The encampment, set up by students at Gould Plaza in front of NYU’s Stern School of Business, swelled to hundreds of protesters throughout the day Monday.
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.”
“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,” Yoon said.
The protests have pitted students against one another, with pro-Palestinian students demanding that their schools condemn Israel's assault on Gaza and divest from companies that sell weapons to Israel.
Some Jewish students, meanwhile, say much of the criticism of Israel has veered into antisemitism and made them feel unsafe, and they point out that Hamas is still holding hostages taken during the group's Oct. 7 invasion.
Tensions remained high Monday at Columbia, where the campus gates were locked to anyone without a school ID and where protests broke out both on campus and outside.
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[@RunninUpThatHillh]

I'm "far" right-wing but i agree in this instance, protest should be allowed. Calling them "comrads" is hysterical... how Bolshevik of these larpers🤣