At Columbia University, a significant protest has unfolded at 116 & Broadway involving faculty and students. The faculty members, equipped with orange vests and masks, formed a human barrier around a pro-Hamas student encampment to prevent police from dismantling their encampments. This action came in response to an administration threat to suspend students who remained in the 'Liberated Zone' past a 2 PM deadline. The protest has drawn a large crowd, including hundreds of students and faculty, who have gathered to support the cause.
Columbia FACULTY Form Human Chain Around Pro-Hamas Encampment https://t.co/Gi56Gdo0se
Faculty at Columbia University link arms to form a barrier around the encampment. https://t.co/EUWqk6s58n
Columbia University told the students that they would face disciplinary action if they remained in the “Liberated Zone” after 2PM (2 hours ago). Suddenly, university faculty showed up and linked arms to form a wall in front of the anti-Israeli students https://t.co/CTQkosXsOi
Columbia University faculty with orange vest and mask on formed a human line against police to prevent the removal of the encampments. https://t.co/nlP4n37UIE
Columbia faculty lock arms to prevent police from clearing the encampment. https://t.co/KJh0VXpmPj
BREAKING: Hundreds of Columbia students and faculty have streamed in to the center of campus to protect pro-Palestinian student protesters after the administration threatened to suspend anyone who did not vacate the area by 2 pm. Faculty are blockading the entrance to the camp.👊 https://t.co/fnNG82a4Gg
Faculty at Columbia locked in arms preventing access to the encampment https://t.co/4eIKsbDa6F
Columbia University faculty form a human line against police to prevent the removal of the protest encampments. https://t.co/i6czmKAutc
🇵🇸 ALL OUT TO COLUMBIA NOW! Inside and outside the gates to campus, the people stand with students and with Palestine and won’t let the threats of the administration or the state slow down the movement—in fact it’s only getting stronger! JOIN NOW! 116 & Broadway! https://t.co/P4SjzQ7RAI