Columbia University student protesters issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon claiming that university administration provided a written commitment on Tuesday night to not call in the New York Police Department or the National Guard to break up the encampments after students refused to stay at the negotiating table.
The University's previous threats of an imminent sweep by the NYPD or the National Guard had severed negotiations. The administration's threats backfired when student negotiators refused to stay at the table, as per the statement.
