University campuses from New York to Los Angeles simmered with rage and recriminations on Wednesday as they dealt with the fallout from police operations to quash protests over the war in Gaza.
The University of California, Los Angeles cancelled classes for the day after a violent night-time attack by counter-protesters on an encampment set up by pro-Palestinian student demonstrators.
In New York, mayor Eric Adams blamed “outside agitators” for escalating anti-Israel demonstrations at Columbia University as he defended his police department’s conduct. New York police made 282 arrests at Columbia and further uptown at New York’s City College on Tuesday night.