Multiple people were taken into custody by the New York Police Department at Columbia University after a pro-Palestinian protest in an area of the main library on campus Wednesday. University officials asked the NYPD for help Wednesday night securing Butler Library “due to the number of individuals participating in the disruption inside and outside of the building,

Clashes, arrests between student protesters happened after pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over part of the Columbia University main library.

Columbia University requested help from the New York City Police Department to clear pro-Palestinian demonstrators out of the campus library Wednesday evening.