Mostly women arrested in Columbia University library takeover: NYPD

The New York Police Department arrested 61 females aft anti-Israel agitators stormed Columbia University's Butler Library connected Wednesday arsenic students were studying for finals. 

In total, the NYPD made 80 arrests – 19 males and 61 females, according to a source. A root besides said astatine slightest 50 of the 80 protesters arrested were Columbia University students.

Protesters renamed the Butler Library "Basel Al-Araj Popular University." Students astatine the Ivy League instauration said protesters climbed connected a table and chanted "Free Palestine," and demanded that the assemblage divest from Israel.

At the entranceway gross to Columbia University, a information defender said, "Nobody comes in, cipher comes out."

DOZENS OF ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS ARRESTED AFTER STORMING, TAKING OVER COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DURING FINALS

New York City constabulary arrested dozens of anti-Israel protesters astatine Columbia University connected Wednesday evening aft they took implicit portion of a cardinal room connected May 7, 2025. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Claire Shipman, Columbia's acting president, said successful a connection connected Wednesday that the NYPD was called to assistance "secure" the building. She added that 2 assemblage constabulary officers were injured.

"Sadly, during the people of this disruption, 2 of our Columbia Public Safety Officers sustained injuries during a assemblage surge erstwhile individuals attempted to unit their mode into the gathering and into Room 301," Shipman said. "These actions are outrageous."

COLUMBIA U THREATENS TO ARREST ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS REMOVE ENCAMPMENTS AS NEW DEMOSTRATIONS LOOM

Pro-Hamas slogans are hung wrong Butler Library connected the field of Columbia University, wherever protesters occupied the building, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Sam Nahins)

In a abstracted statement, Shipman said individuals broke into 1 of the library's speechmaking rooms.

"Disruptions to our world activities volition not beryllium tolerated and are violations of our rules and policies; this is particularly unacceptable portion our students survey and hole for last exams. Columbia powerfully condemns unit connected our campus, antisemitism and each forms of hatred and discrimination, immoderate of which we witnessed today. We are resolute that calls for unit oregon harm person nary spot astatine our University," Shipman said.

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Pro-Hamas protesters locomotion the perimeter of Columbia University successful New York City, Wednesday, May 7, 2025. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was besides monitoring the incident, noting the bureau would enactment to find if immoderate participants were noncitizens.

"Time to marque a point," an ICE root told Fox News.