The NYPD began clearing out an anti-Israel tent encampment protest at New York University at the request of college officials Friday morning, just a few days after authorities arrested hundreds of demonstrators at other city campuses.

“We are on site and our officers will be assisting with the unparalleled professionalism embodied by our police officers,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Kaz Daughtry wrote on X shortly after 6 a.m., alongside video footage of officers arriving at the makeshift encampment.

NYU administrators requested that the police “take enforcement action” against the protesters who refuse to leave the premises, according to a letter included in Daughtry’s post.

The tent encampment has been up since April 26, the school claimed.

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