Columbia protesters defy 2 p.m. deadline to disperse
Protesters camped out at Columbia University are defying the school's order to pack up and leave by 2 p.m.
Sueda Polat, a representative from the protesters' negotiating team, told reporters that the university did not engage in good-faith negotiations and failed to meet their demands to divest from Israel.
"It is against the will of the students to disperse," she said. "We do not abide by university pressures. We act on the will of the students."
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Police were outside of the campus as the deadline approached but they did not immediately enter after it passed.
"Students are aware of the risk of law enforcement. ... They know how to come together in that risk," Polat said.