Smashed windows, piled furniture left after occupation of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University
Images and video released by Columbia University show overturned and stacked furniture, broken windows and other damage in the aftermath of the seizure and occupation of Hamilton Hall by protesters and its clearing by police Tuesday.
Images and video released by Columbia University show overturned and stacked furniture, broken windows and other damage in the aftermath of the seizure and occupation of Hamilton Hall by protesters and its clearing by police Tuesday.
The images from inside Hamilton Hall show overturned chairs, tables and other furniture. Protesters broke windows and caused other damage at the occupied hall, university officials said and images showed. Barricades had also been set up.
In videos released by the university, police with riot helmets and other equipment are seen inside the building, near the piles of furniture, recycling bins and other items. Panes of glass inside the building were also smashed.
New York police used a large vehicle with a ramp on it to get into the second-story window of the hall on the Manhattan campus, and they later reported that it was cleared and secured.
Police cleared the protesters in Hamilton Hall and at protest encampments at Columbia after Mayor Eric Adams said the protest against the war in Gaza has "basically been co-opted by professional outside agitators."
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