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Ayana Archie

New York police arrest 300 people as they clear Hamilton Hall at Columbia University

Using a tactical vehicle, New York City police enter an upper floor of Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York on Tuesday, after protesters took over the building earlier in the day. (Craig Ruttle/AP)

New York police arrested about 300 people on two campuses Tuesday night, as officers cleared out a Columbia University building occupied by protesters. Some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested after marching to a nearby college.

At Columbia, New York police used a massive armored vehicle to push a bridge into a window of Hamilton Hall, the building demonstrators began occupying the previous night. Officers then streamed over the bridge — quickly retaking the building.

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