Protests at Brooklyn Faculty shortly escalated into chaos Thursday night as pro-Palestine demonstrators tried to take over Boylan Corridor and police have been referred to as to the scene.
Social media accounts live-streaming the protest depicted a chaotic scene as protestors clashed with law enforcement officials, with one publish on X showing to indicate a protester screaming in ache after being tased by police.
“There was a huge group protesting for Palestine in the courtyard. Then there was a smaller group for Israel. You can imagine what went wrong,” mentioned one scholar on the school who was not a part of the protest however witnessed the occasions unfold.
“Then the police swept in, and there were some arrests. We tried to move to get away, but you could hear the cries of injustice everywhere,” mentioned the coed, a freshman music-major from Bensonhurst who didn’t need to be named.
Police have been referred to as to the scene round 4:50 p.m. by officers from Brooklyn Faculty in response to an indication, an NYPD spokesperson mentioned. The NYPD couldn’t instantly affirm if anybody had been arrested, as a number of social media accounts appeared to indicate.
The spokesperson couldn’t say what number of officers had been deployed however livestreams on social media appeared to indicate between 50 and 100 officers struggling to arrest college students.
Earlier Thursday, college students arrange a “Hassan Ayyad Liberated Zone” encampment within the east quad between Boylan and Ingersoll Halls on the Brooklyn CUNY school in Midwood. The identify of the encampment referenced a 14-year-old Palestinian singer killed by Israeli bombs together with scores of others this week in Gaza.
Within the background of 1 video on social media, a voice might be heard over a loudspeaker telling protesters to disperse. “If you refuse to disperse, you will be placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct,” the voice may be heard saying.
NYPD are seen at Brooklyn Faculty after Professional-Palestine demonstrators tried to take over Boylan Corridor in Brooklyn NY on Could 8, 2025. (Rose Aubin/New York Day by day Information)
All appeared calm because the protest ended round 7:20 p.m. with minimal police presence and the gates to the faculty closed.
The protest motion comply with’s Wednesday’s occasions at Columbia College in Morningside Heights on Manhattan’s Higher West Aspect, the place dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested after occupying the varsity’s Butler Library.
Initially Printed: Could 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM EDT
