Two Columbia University students who rushed to attend a violent anti-Israel rally at New York University made headlines after admitting they had no idea what the protests were about and wished they had been “better educated.” ing.
Unidentified students and others are seen in Manhattan as scores of NYPD officers in riot gear stand in the background, as seen in footage that has been viewed more than 3 million times since being shared by the former mayor. He was rattling off ignorant logic on the steps of the New York University campus downtown. Rudy Giuliani Late Wednesday.
“I think the main purpose is just to show support for Palestine and to ask NYU to stop…Honestly, I don’t know everything about what NYU is doing,” she said. When asked about it, one person admitted:
When I asked if New York University was doing something, the student meekly replied, “New York University is doing something.” “I don’t really know, but I’m sure they’re doing it…”
Then she turned to her friend and asked, “Do you know what New York University is doing here?”
My friend, who was wearing a mask, asked me point-blank: “What about it?”
“About Israel. Why are we protesting here at NYU?” the student asked.
“I wish I had gotten more education,” her friend confessed.
The person interviewing the pair kept the camera moving back and forth to capture the ridiculous exchange.
“Neither do I. I’m from Columbia. I was at Columbia University and we went down and were told New York University needed help,” the first student continued.
“I’ve heard people say there’s a lot of police and it’s becoming dangerous.”
It was not immediately clear when the interview took place, but it emerged days after the New York Police Department came to help clear a tent encampment set up at New York University on Monday night.
More than 100 student and faculty protesters were arrested during the trial, including a police officer who threw a bottle at them and one officer who was hit in the head with a chair.
Students who were demanding the divestment of the school’s assets with ties to Israel over the Gaza war have created their own “tent city” in solidarity with the irregular and destructive encampment set up at Columbia University.
