Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia Universitys Hamilton Hall after occupation – Boston News, Weather, Sports [Video]

NEW YORK (AP) — The pro-Palestinian demonstration that paralyzed Columbia University ended in dramatic fashion late Tuesday, with police carrying riot shields swarming the Ivy League campus, bursting into an administration building protesters took over the previous night and making dozens of arrests.

Meanwhile, clashes broke out overnight between dueling groups at the encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles. Some were armed with large sticks and beat others with them. Security was tightened Tuesday at the campus after officials said there were “physical altercations” between factions of protesters.

A statement released by a Columbia spokesperson said New York City officers entered the campus after the university requested help. A tent encampment on the school’s grounds to protest the Israel-Hamas war was cleared, along with Hamilton Hall where a stream of officers used a ladder to climb through a second-floor window. Protesters seized the hall about 20 hours earlier.

“After the University learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been …