Images and video released by Columbia University show overturned and stacked furniture, broken windows and other damage in the aftermath of the seizure and occupation of Hamilton Hall by protesters and its clearing by police Tuesday.

Hundreds of New York Police Department officers wearing riot gear swarmed Columbia University's campus Tuesday night and entered Hamilton Hall where they cleared the building and arrested dozens of protesters.

A large number of police officers descended on Hamilton Hall at Columbia University Tuesday night, where dozens of demonstrators had occupied the building as part of ongoing protests. Tensions have flared at Columbia's Manhattan campus for the past two weeks,