Columbia University faculty ‘horrified’ by mass arrests of student protesters

Faculty members express anger Wednesday outside Hamilton Hall, which had been occupied by pro-Palestinian students

Columbia University faculty say they are “horrified” by Tuesday night’s arrests of students by New York police following the occupation of an academic building, Hamilton Hall, by students protesting for the university to divest from Israel.

Just after 9.30pm on Tuesday night, NYPD buses parked outside the hall were filled with arrested students who were transported away from campus.