As pro-Palestinian protests continue to rock universities across the United States, New York City police took about 300 people into custody late on Tuesday at Columbia University and City College of New York. Clashes also erupted at California University, leaving 15 injured.
PROTESTS ROCK US UNIVERSITIES
Former US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it "was a beautiful thing to watch" New York police officers raiding a Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian students, and called on officials to crack down on campus protests across the United States. "New York was under siege last night," Trump told supporters at a campaign rally in Wisconsin.
President Joe Biden is being kept abreast of the protests occurring at college campuses across the country, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Wednesday.
