NYPD arrests 50 protesters at Fashion Institute of Technology

New York Police Department officers arrest demonstrators who were gathered outside NYC's Fashion Institute of Technology, after an anti-Israel encampment in New York, United States on May 07, 2024. Students and two journalists were detained. (Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)

New York police arrested 50 anti-Israel protesters at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) on Tuesday night.

It was the last standing encampment in New York City to have been cleared. 

NYPD were called to the demonstration at Union Square Park at approximately 6:40 p.m. Tuesday. Protesters then marched to different locations in the Manhattan South area, police said. 

"Multiple people were taken into custody at West 27th street between 7th & 8th Avenue. A total of 50 individuals were taken into custody, and the investigation remains ongoing," according to an NYPD spokesperson. 

NYPD said it would not have dismantled the encampment without the request or approval of FIT. All night protestors chanted ‘FIT go to hell’ and again chanted to cops “oink oink piggy piggy we will make your life sh*tty.”

More than 2,400 people have been arrested at 50 anti-Israel protests at 50 college campuses across the U.S., according to the Associated Press.