Yahoo News Pro-Palestine Protesters Rally Near Columbia Campus After More Than 100 Arrested
Pro-Palestine protesters gathered near the entrance to Columbia University on Thursday, April 18, to continue action after dozens of demonstrators were arrested while attempting to occupy school grounds earlier that day.
Footage recorded by DataInput shows protests on Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue near the Columbia University campus.
Police are seen confronting motorists who had used their horns in support of the protest, telling them they could be issued a summons if using the horn in a non-emergency situation.
Police can also be seen separating protesters and people nearby whom the protesters call “Zionists.”
Earlier on Thursday, NYPD officers arrested several protesters who refused to leave an encampment on the university’s South Lawn that had been set up on Wednesday.
Another grouping of protesters then descended on the West Butler Lawn.
More than 100 protesters were arrested on Thursday, local media reported. Credit: @DataInput via Storyful
Video transcript
- Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down! Shut it down!
[CHEERING]
[DISTANT VOICES]
- We will not--
- We will not--
- Be going back to that [? place. ?]
- Be going back to that [? place. ?]
[DISTANT CHANTING]
- They're not doing anything.
- You have an emergency? OK, if you continue to use your horn, you're gonna get a summons.
[CHEERING]
- Just so you know you're being recorded. I'm not blocking the road, I'm [? dealing with ?] a car stop. I'm completely allowed to [? deal with ?] a car stop for a [? PO ?] violation.
- Easy there, guys! Easy there! Easy!
- Stop harassing her. They're not doing anything illegal.
[CHANTING AND CLAPPING]
- NYPD, KKK, IOF, they're all the same! NYPD, KKK, IOF, they're all the same!
- Intifada! Intifada! Long live the intifada!
- Long live the intifada!
- Long live the intifada!
- Long live the intifada!
- Israel go to hell!
- Israel go to hell!
- It is right to rebel!
- It is right to rebel!
- It is right to rebel!
- Israel go to hell!
- It is right to rebel!
- It is right to rebel!
- Israel true go to hell!
- Israel go to hell!
- It is right to rebel!
- Israel go to hell!
- Israel go to hell!
- Israel go to hell!
- It is right to rebel!
- Israel go to hell!
- And we're getting out of hell!
- --pushing her around? Why are you pushing her around?
- No--
- Yes you did!
- Israel go to hell!
- Why'd you back it up? Did you push her? You pushed her!
[ARGUING]
- Na, na, na, na, hey, hey, hey, goodbye! goodbye! Na, na, na, na, na, na, na, na--
- Get on the sidewalk.
- --hey, hey, goodbye!
- Get on the sidewalk.
- Get on the sidewalk. Sir, sir, get on the sidewalk.
- Oh they out. They out.
- Get on the sidewalk.
- Zionists learn to swim!
- Zion--
- Get on the sidewalk!
- That applies to you as well, sir.
[LAUGHTER]
- Zionists learn to swim!
- Keep [? me in ?] here! Go on!
[CHANTING IN ARABIC]
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
- Palestine will be free!
- Palestine will be free!
- She's still recording?
- She got nothing better to do. No, because I will actually--
- Mic check!
- Mic check
- Mic check!
- A genocide-supporting--
- Mic check!
- I'm gonna say it one more time!
- I'm gonna say it one more time!
- The NYPD--
- The NYPD--
- --wants us to leave.
- --wants us to leave.
- The moment we're gone--
- The moment--
- --say it clear!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- Say it loud, say it clear! We don't want no Zionists--
- Nobody's touching you!
- --no Zionists here!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- Say it loud, say it clear!
- We don't want no Zionists here!
- We don't Zionists here!
- Israel is a terrorist state!
- 1, 2, 3, 4!
- 1, 2, 3, 4!
- --want no Zionists here!
- No more occupation! No more--
- Palestine is ours alone!
- Palestine is ours alone!
- Settlers, settlers, go back home!
- Settlers, settlers go back home!
- Guys--
- Palestine is ours alone!
- Guys, on the sidewalk! On the sidewalk!
- Tell the Zionists to get on the sidewalk! Tell the Zionists to get on the sidewalk!
- Only white people can go on the street? That's what it is?
- Thank you. On the sidewalk. Thank you. On the sidewalk.
- We want them on the sidewalk!
- Everyone on the--
- That's who you work for!
- You work for the [MUTED] Zionists!
- NYPD, KKK--
[CHANTING AND SHOUTING]
- Sidewalk! Sidewalk! Sidewalk!
- 1, 2, 3, 4!
- 1, 2, 3, 4!
- Occupation no more!
- Occupation no more!
- 5, 6, 7, 8!
- 5, 6, 7, 8!
- Israel is a terrorist state!
- Israel is a terrorist state!
- NYPD, KKK, IOF, are all the same!
- We will free Palestine!
- We will free Palestine!
- We will free Palestine!
[CHANTING]
- Free, free Palestine!
- Free, free, free Palestine!
