The New York Police Department has just entered Columbia University's Hamilton Hall through a second-story window.
Live footage shows at least 50 police officers using an elevated ramp to enter the building. Most wore helmets and some carried wire cutters and flexible handcuffs.
Protesters invaded Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning (30). They barricaded and locked the doors at the entrance.
Shortly before, several protesters were seen being detained near the campus. Dozens of police officers in riot gear could be seen walking down a street toward protesters, drawing boos from the crowd.
The action comes after the New York Police Department received a letter from Columbia University authorizing them to enter the campus, a police source familiar with the situation told CNN.
Authorities had warned students there to return to their dormitories.
Pro-Palestine protests in the USA
Columbia has been the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests at US universities, but demonstrations have been reported across the country.
More than a thousand protesters have been arrested since April 18, when the protests began.
Some schools, such as Yale and Brown, have removed encampments from their campuses, while chaos has engulfed other institutions.
Classes were canceled at UNC Chapel Hill, where dozens of students were detained.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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