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Manhattan is in chaos as hundreds of police officers stormed universities in a coordinated strike to clear out pro-Palestinian protesters who refused to leave.
Protesters threw flares and barricaded themselves inside an administrative building at the City University of New York, about 20 blocks north of Columbia University.
NYPD officers moved in after 9.30pm to disperse the crowds as flares turned the college's famous arch red and protestors chanted and waved flags in support of Gaza.
Other videos showed the protesters using drills to fasten pieces of wood together to create a makeshift barriers as police moved in.
Students and protestors at City College of New York also clashed with police on Tuesday night as the city cracked down on pro-Palestine protestors at college campuses
Many protesters chose to leave Columbia as police surrounded the campus instead of being arrested, and walked north to CCNY to join the protest there
Police earlier cleared out protesters at Columbia University after weeks of a tent encampment protest escalated when a group took over Hamilton Hall.
Columbia, which was the epicenter for the anti-Israel encampments that have spread across the US, saw hundreds of cops flood the Ivy League campus and dozens arrested to stop the encampment.
Many protesters chose to Columbia leave as police surrounded the campus instead of being arrested, and walked north to CCNY to join the protest there.
Videos posted on social media showed
