Columbia University protesters are now demanding free food and water from authorities

Hours after cops stormed into Columbia University’s campus and ousted the pro-Palestine protesters who had been taking management of an instructional constructing, the demonstrators are now demanding authorities present them with food.

One of the protesters later defended the demand as a “fundamental humanitarian assist” in order that they don’t die of hunger.

“We’re saying they are obligated to offer food to the scholars who are paying for a meal plan right here,” the protester was quoted as saying by the media when requested by reporters.

“Do you need college students to die of dehydration and hunger or get severely ailing even when they disagree with you? If the reply isn’t any, then you need to enable fundamental—I imply it’s loopy to say as a result of we are on an Ivy League campus, however that is like fundamental humanitarian assist we’re asking for. Like, may folks please have a glass of water?” the protester was heard saying within the video the place she is seen talking with the media.

The cops cleared out the group that barged into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning in a drastic escalation of the protest on the Ivy League college, police sources instructed The New York Post.

Police reportedly made a number of arrests and loaded the demonstrators in three NYPD buses.

During the interval, a number of pro-Palestine demonstrators had been seen shouting slogans.

The officers additionally stationed themselves in entrance of off-campus housing and had been greeted with hostile shouts of “NYPD, KKK, IOF! They’re all the identical!;, reported New York Post.

After the police entered the campus, college authorities issued an announcement and stated it “regretted” having to depend on police to clear the mess.

“After the University discovered in a single day that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalized and blockaded, we had been left with no alternative. Columbia public security personnel had been compelled out of the constructing, and a member of our services group was threatened. We won’t danger the protection of our group or the potential for additional escalation,” the administration was quoted as saying by The New York Post.

“The resolution to succeed in out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the trigger they are championing,” officers continued.

“We have made it clear that the lifetime of campus can’t be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the principles and the regulation,” the assertion stated.

Those arrested inside Hamilton Hall could be charged with third-degree housebreaking, legal mischief and trespassing, police officers was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

Others arrested on the South Lawn’s encampment would face fees of trespassing and disorderly conduct.

The motion at Columbia University occurred amid large-scale anti-Israel protests happening throughout a number of US universities.

More than 100 folks had been arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York on Tuesday night time, in keeping with a regulation enforcement official, as protests towards Israel’s bombardment of Gaza intensified throughout faculty campuses nationwide, reported CNN.

Meanwhile, police arrived on the campus of UCLA in Los Angeles the place clashes earlier within the day reportedly broke out between pro-Palestinian protesters and Israel supporters.

Mayor Karen Bass posted on X: “The violence unfolding this night at UCLA is totally abhorrent and inexcusable. LAPD has arrived on campus.”