{"id":40947,"date":"2025-05-08T12:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/dozens-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-after-columbia-calls-in-nypd-first-thing\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T12:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T12:51:19","slug":"dozens-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-after-columbia-calls-in-nypd-first-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/dozens-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-after-columbia-calls-in-nypd-first-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in NYPD | First Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University\u2019s acting president says move was necessary for safety and calls protesters\u2019 actions \u2018outrageous\u2019. Plus, Pakistan\u2019s PM vows to avenge India\u2019s airstrikes<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\">Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/07\/columbia-university-police-pro-palestinian-protests\">arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists<\/a> who had occupied part of the main library building on Columbia University\u2019s campus yesterday, ending an hours-long standoff, roughly a year after student anti-war protests swept the Ivy League school.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did Columbia justify its decision to call in the NYPD?<\/strong> \u201cRequesting the presence of the NYPD is not the outcome we wanted, but it was absolutely necessary to secure the safety of our community,\u201d said Shipman, who called the protesters\u2019 actions \u201coutrageous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did the Trump administration weigh in on the arrests?<\/strong> Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, said on X: \u201cWe are reviewing the visa status of the trespassers and vandals who took over Columbia University\u2019s library.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/may\/08\/first-thing-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-columbia-nypd\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University\u2019s acting president says move was necessary for safety and calls protesters\u2019 actions \u2018outrageous\u2019. Plus, Pakistan\u2019s PM vows to avenge India\u2019s airstrikes Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here Good morning. The NYPD arrested dozens of pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied part of the main library building on Columbia University\u2019s campus &#8230; <a title=\"Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in NYPD | First Thing\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/08\/dozens-of-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-after-columbia-calls-in-nypd-first-thing\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested after Columbia calls in NYPD | First Thing\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}