NYPD arrested over 100 people during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University [Video]

The New York Police Department arrested more than 100 people Thursday on suspicion of criminal trespass during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University that began with an encampment a day earlier, according to a law enforcement official.Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik sent a letter Thursday to NYPD requesting they remove people who were occupying the South Lawn of the university’s campus after being told that they “are in violation of the University’s rules and policies” and are trespassing, according to the letter, which was released by the university.More than 108 arrests were made, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said in a news conference Thursday evening.The students were “peacefully protesting for divestment from genocide,” said one of the organizers, Columbia University Apartheid Divest.In Gaza, the Health Ministry announced this week that at least 33,797 Palestinians have been killed in the besieged enclave since the Hamas attack in Israel that …