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At Columbia University in New York City, which has been the epicenter of the demonstrations, police were on standby after officers marched onto campus late Tuesday to end the protests there. The sight of helmeted police at two of America’s most prestigious universities left some students dismayed.
I don’t think we should have a heavy police force on campus, UCLA student Mark Torre, 22, said as he surveyed the scene from behind metal barriers. At Columbia and at the City University of New York, where police cleared demonstrators out overnight, some students decried “rough and aggressive” tactics used by officers.