A number of dozen NYPD officers cleared an indication of about as many pro-Palestinian pupil demonstrators from Brooklyn School Thursday night earlier than making a collection of violent arrests and tasing one demonstrator simply outdoors the campus.
A bunch of about 4 dozen college students had gathered hours earlier on a campus garden, waving Palestinian flags and organising a number of tents with a listing of 5 calls for, together with having the school boycott and divest from corporations that revenue from Israel’s warfare in Gaza, dubbing the quad a “Liberated Zone.”
Dozens of NYPD officers entered the gated campus to oust the demonstrators shortly earlier than 6 p.m., with college students leaving campus with out incident, funneled out of the campus gates onto Bedford Avenue.
However a tense scenario rapidly devolved on the streets across the college, as officers began making a collection of violent arrests.
Two eyewitnesses, who requested to not be named, stated they watched the officer use the Taser on the demonstrator.
A reporter for THE CITY on the scene heard the zapping sound attribute of the weapon from a number of ft away from the place the protester was being taken all the way down to the bottom by a number of officers. An NYPD spokesperson didn’t instantly return a request for remark about using a Taser on a demonstrator.
One other younger lady’s face was bloody and swollen after she was tackled to the bottom by an officer, whereas THE CITY watched as a number of different demonstrators have been slammed to the bottom and pinned down underneath a number of officers.
Police didn’t instantly return a request for touch upon the entire variety of arrests, although reporters for THE CITY witnessed about eight folks being detained.
Professional-Palestinian demonstrators participate in a protest at Brooklyn School, Might 8, 2025. Credit score: Alex Krales/THE CITY
“Protesters today erected tents on the Brooklyn College quad in violation of college policy. After multiple warnings to take the tents down and disperse, members of CUNY Public Safety and NYPD removed the tents and dispersed the crowd,” stated Richard Pietras, a spokesperson for Brooklyn School, stated in an announcement. “The safety of our campus community will always be paramount, and Brooklyn College respects the right to protest while also adhering to strict rules meant to ensure the safe operation of our University and prohibit individuals from impeding access to educational facilities.”
The Brooklyn School protest, coming simply earlier than finals, adopted dozens of arrests the evening earlier than inside and out of doors Columbia College after pro-Palestinian demonstrators, a lot of them masked, flooded and tried to occupy a campus library. An NYPD spokesperson confirmed 78 folks got desk look tickets for legal trespassing and one other two acquired summonses.
Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday criticized the Columbia protesters, saying in a TV interview that the “behavior is unacceptable.”
Not like on the Columbia demonstration, the Brooklyn School college students made no try to enter a constructing however gathered on an out of doors garden the place round three dozen protesters remained for hours, chanting “Palestine will live forever” and waving Palestinian flags.
A row of sympathetic school members stood watch all through many of the afternoon as dozens of NYPD officers stood by on Ocean Avenue.
Classics professor Liv Yarrow described the protest as “incredibly peaceful and in no way disruptive,” including, “the faculty are extra disturbed by the presence of armed police and the zip ties.”
Extra reporting by Katie Honan.
Dozens of NYPD officers enter Brooklyn School to interrupt up a small pro-Palestinian encampment, Might 8, 2025. Credit score: Alex Krales/THE CITY
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