Journalism students at the university report police using “industrial tools” entered the building on ladder trucks
On Tuesday night NYPD dressed in what journalism students at Columbia University described as “riot gear” entered Columbia’s Hamilton Hall, which was occupied by approximately 60 students for most of the day.
The students at WKCR also reported police used “sledgehammers at the front of Hamilton Hall” to enter the building.
MSNBC’s Antonia Hylton also reported “hundreds” of people outside the building were chanting “Shame on you” and that the situation is the “worst nightmare” for everyone involved.
“As I said, Alex, this is their worst nightmare and that’s for people on many sides of this issue,” Hylton said. “Even for students who are upset with the classmates who escalated it to this point, who don’t condone what’s happened in Hamilton Hall, this is not what they wanted to have happen.
