Legacy Newscasts Barely Cover Violent, Pro-Hamas Protests at Columbia

MRC Latino | May 7, 2025
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LESTER HOLT: Now to protests at Columbia University, where scuffles broke out on campus. Emilie Ikeda is there. Emilie, a tense day on campus at the library.

EMILIE IKEDA: Yeah, Lester, that's right. Those demonstrations flooding the main library at Columbia University just ahead of finals. Video showing clashes between the campus security and pro-Palestinian protesters as they were trying to leave and enter the building. Columbia University said that any protester who refused to show their identification and then dispersed could face possible arrest. This all comes amid the Trump administration's crackdown on what they call harassment of Jewish-American students, cutting hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to the school. These protests, an apparent attempt to restart the sweeping movements we saw take over college campuses this time last year, Lester.

HOLT: Emilie Ikeda in New York tonight. Thank you.