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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's agency announced past nighttime an investigation into a tactical NYPD serviceman arsenic prosecutors move guardant pinch charges against dozens of anti-Israel agitators who constabulary arrested successful nan barricaded building Tuesday.
Authorities are holding a briefing connected nan matter Friday morning.
Police arrested 282 group Tuesday nighttime successful crackdowns astatine Columbia University and nan City College of New York. Of those, 74 faced misdemeanor aliases much superior charges and different 16 had outstanding warrants, prosecutors said. About half of nan arrestees had nary affiliation pinch either school.
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Demonstrators barricade themselves wrong Hamilton Hall, an world building which has been occupied successful past student movements, connected April 30, 2024 successful New York City. Police said astir 30% of nan group arrested wrong nan Columbia University building had nary affiliation pinch nan school. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)
On Tuesday, Columbia University leaders asked nan NYPD to thief clear retired a group of anti-Israel agitators who collapsed into nan Hamilton Hall building and barricaded themselves inside.
During nan operation, nan NYPD said an emergency services portion serviceman drew a firearm to usage nan attached flashlight and accidentally fired a information into a doorway frame. No 1 was hurt.
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"The information did not onslaught immoderate persons and did not origin immoderate injuries," an NYPD spokesperson said Thursday night. "At nary clip was anyone isolated from constabulary personnel, successful show aliases sound of this accidental discharge. An contiguous investigation was conducted, and nan NYPD wished this incident to beryllium an accidental discharge."
Police said they sent bodycam of nan incident to nan DA's office.
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New York Police Department officers detain dozens of anti-Israel agitators astatine Columbia University aft they barricaded themselves astatine nan Hamilton Hall building successful New York, United States connected April 30, 2024. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Also connected Thursday night, Bragg's agency told The City, a section news site, that its constabulary accountability portion was reviewing nan incident.
Police arrested much than 100 group astatine Columbia during nan raid, including 46 wrong Hamilton Hall who were arraigned connected criminal trespassing and related charges.
NYPD serviceman approached Hamilton Hall astatine Columbia University Tuesday nighttime to breach nan building, which had been overtaken by anti-Israel protesters. (NYPD)
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Bodycam video shows officers had to move dense furnishings that had been ziptied to gather, trim alloy chains and return different measures to make their measurement done nan barricade earlier they encountered nan occupiers holed up successful a classroom.
All of nan suspects were released connected their ain recognizance – without having to station enslaved – nether New York's bail reform law, authorities said.
Fox News' CB Cotton contributed to this report.
