Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Yale

OVER SAFETY. ERIN McLAUGHLIN HAS LATE DEVELOPMENTS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT TENSION ACROSS MAJOR AMERICAN COLLEGE CAMPUSES. >> IF YOU DO NOT LEAVE, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED. >> Reporter: STUDENTS SETTING UP ENCAMPMENTS FROM UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA TO M.I.T. HARVARD'S YARD CLOSED UNTIL FRIDAY. ♪ WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED ♪ ALL OF IT AS FURY OVER THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR BOILS OVER. STUDENTS EXPRESSING FEAR FOR THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY AND CONCERN FOR ANTISEMITIC HATE SPEECH. RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE LINE BETWEEN HATE SPEECH AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT. >> WE'RE ASKING FOR THE SCHOOL TO CALL FOR A CEASE-FIRE IN GAZA. >> Reporter: THIS MORNING POLICE SAY AT LEAST 45 PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED AT YALE UNIVERSITY FOR VIOLATING YALE'S POLICIES AND INSTRUCTIONS. POLICE SAY THEY WERE LATER RELEASED. IN A STATEMENT THE UNIVERSITY ADDING THAT YALE DOES NOT TOLERATE BEHAVIOR THAT THREATENED, HARASSED OR INTIMIDATED OTHERS. MEANWHILE, AT COLUMBIA TODAY'S CLASSES WERE ONLINE ONLY, WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S PRESIDENT CALLING FOR A RESET TO DE-ESCALATE THE RANCOR WHILE ALSO ADDING MORE THAN 100 SAFETY PERSONNEL TO CAMPUS AFTER MORE THAN 100 PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED LAST WEEK. THOUGH WITH VIDEOS LIKE THIS EMERGING ONLINE AND ANOTHER SHOWING A YOUNG WOMAN HOLDING A SIGN POINTING IN THE DIRECTION OF JEWISH STUDENTS SAYING "AL QASSAM'S NEXT TARGETS," HAMAS'S MILITARY WING, STUDENTS ANDREW STEIN AND ALICIA BAKER SAY THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. >> IT WAS THE MOST TERRIFIED I'VE PROBABLY BEEN IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. >> Reporter: ON SATURDAY NIGHT STEIN SAYS HE WAS ON CAMPUS FOR A PRO-ISRAEL COUNTERPROTEST WHEN THIS HAPPENED. YOU SEE HIM IN THE WHITE SWEATSHIRT FILMING AS A GROUP OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS YELL EXPLETIVES AGAINST ISRAEL. >> THEY STARTED SAYING IN ARABIC "HAMAS HAMAS OUR BELOVED PLEASE BOMB TEL AVIV" AND THEN STARTED SAYING WE'RE COMING FOR YOU, NO ZIONISTS ON THIS CAMPUS, GET OFF CAMPUS. >> Reporter: STEIN ALLEGES THE SITUATION ESCALATED. >> ME AND MY FRIEND HAD WATER POURED, PHYSICALLY POURED IN OUR FACE. MY FRIEND WAS ABUSED IN THE MIDDLE OF CAMPUS. >> Reporter: FACULTY FROM BARNARD AND COLUMBIA CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF THE PRO-PALESTINIAN STUDENTS WHO WERE ARRESTED AND SUSPENDED LAST WEEK. >> WE'RE CALLING FOR DIVESTMENT. WE'RE CALLING FOR A CEASE-FIRE. >> Reporter: STUDENTS INSIDE THE ENCAMPMENT TOLD NBC NEWS THEY WERE UNAWARE OF ANY PHYSICAL OR VERBAL THREATS TOWARD STUDENTS ON SATURDAY NIGHT. >> ANYONE WHO MAKES ANY THREAT TO ANY JEWISH STUDENT, WE OPPOSE YOU. WE DO NOT ASSOCIATE WITH YOU. >> Reporter: MEANWHILE, AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY POLICE ANNOUNCING A MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A FEDERAL HATE CRIME FOR BREAKING INTO THE UNIVERSITY'S CENTER FOR ISLAMIC LIFE AND DESTROYING PROPERTY EARLIER THIS MONTH. TONIGHT ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY STUDENTS SAYING THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE. >> AND ERIN, TONIGHT THE WHITE HOUSE IS WEIGHING IN ON ALL THIS. >> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT, LESTER. TONIGHT PRESIDENT BIDEN SAYING HE CONDEMNS BOTH

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Published: Tue Apr 23 2024