Pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University

They also said out of 202 arrests from that raid, only 109 were students…which kind of spoke to this rationale from police and the university here that this is no longer just a student protest. There were primarily outside agitators going into those buildings.

The students' primary demand was that Columbia divest from companies that support Israel's government and military. Columbia's president , opens new tab said the university would not "divest from Israel" but would ensure their proposals received expedited review by the school's divestment advisory committee.

Of the 112 people arrested Tuesday in protests at Columbia, 29% were not affiliated with the school, New York City officials said. That breaks down to the arrests of 32 nonstudents and 80 students, Mayor Eric Adams and NYPD Commissioner Edward A. Caban said in a joint statement.