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Emma Bowman

NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students

New York Police Department officers load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus, on Tuesday in New York. (Julius Motal/AP)

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.

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