Pro-Hamas students at Columbia University received a meaningful civics lesson from New York City’s brightest minds Tuesday night.
Hamas-backed militants have illegally camped outside Columbia University for more than a week, spewing genocidal rhetoric and demanding that the university withdraw from Israel. After setting multiple deadlines that were ignored, the administration finally issued an ultimatum to the radicals on Monday. They were told that if they did not leave the camp by 2 p.m., they would be suspended. This ultimatum also fell on deaf ears.
Radicals will instead occupy the university’s Hamilton Hall, just as their leftist forebears did 58 years ago to protest American military action that was massacring communists in Southeast Asia. selected.
Minoush Shafik, the university’s president, said in an article:
Wednesday’s letter He told New York City police that the illegal occupation was made possible by a person who “hid in the building until it was closed and allowed other persons inside.”
Militant decorated with keffiyeh
reportedly While representatives of anti-Israel radicals voiced their demands outside, they smashed doors and windows, destroyed furniture, blocked entrances and ransacked the interior. suggest It argued that it was the university’s responsibility to keep the hall’s squatters from growling, amounting to “basic humanitarian assistance.”
Shafik ultimately implored the NYPD to intervene, stressing that “the occupation of Hamilton Hall and the continued encampment poses serious safety concerns for those involved and the community at large.” Shafik also suggested that “unfortunately, the behavior of these individuals is escalating.”
Mayor Eric Adams around 6 p.m.
begged The extremists say, “Leave the area, leave the area now.” Adams also suggested that “professional outside agitators” were involved in the illegal takeover.
The terrorist-backed extremists ignored the mayor’s request, just as they had ignored the university’s previous request.
On Tuesday, on the eve of the left’s beloved May Day, the NYPD required the Chancellor to:
disappointing Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York).
As police descended on Hamilton Hall in droves, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, one of the student organizations the Gaza-based terrorist organization Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine refers to as “our,” called for escalation.
write“All forces on Colombia! Defend the camp! From the walls to the gates, it’s time to escalate! #Escalate4Gaza.”
As the radicals prepared for the showdown, Columbia University faculty preemptively denounced the police.
A statement by the Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors shared online by left-wing professor Joseph Howley.
Said“The presence of NYPD in our neighborhoods puts our entire community at risk. Armed police invading our campus puts students and everyone on campus at risk. .”
The university announced in a statement
obtained According to WABC-TV, NYPD arrived at the campus around 9 p.m., and the campus was crowded with left-wingers chanting anti-police and anti-Israel slogans.
Police were initially unable to enter the building due to barricades.new york post
report Several leftists stood inside the doorway and taunted the police, while their compatriots outside shouted “pigs!”
At approximately 9:30 p.m., police drove a mobile Adjustable Ramp System vehicle to the building and a line of about 30 armored riot police officers wearing zip tie handcuffs entered the building’s second-floor windows. Police were able to enter the building and used four diversionary devices to quickly eliminate the militants inside, which apparently exploded with a loud bang.
according to According to the New York Times, at least 108 student extremists were arrested.
In addition to dragging out the extremists who occupied and destroyed Hamilton Hall, police also responded to an anti-Israel encampment on the university’s West Lawn, the Times reported.
Police searched hundreds of tents and cleared out the remaining militants.
Assistant Commissioner Carlos Nieves suggested that “the people who were in the encampment are no longer there,” the newspaper reported.
Protesters cheered on the chattering arrestees as they were bussed off campus.
Prior to Tuesday’s action, police reportedly indicated they might charge Hamilton Hall’s occupants with third-degree robbery, trespassing and criminal mischief. Those who camp illegally outdoors face charges of trespassing and disorderly conduct.
Following the success of the counter-extremism operation, Mr. Shafiq
Said “We regret that the protesters chose to escalate the situation by their actions,” the statement said. “After the university learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalized, and locked down. We have no choice. Colombia’s public security personnel have been forced out.” We do not intend to jeopardize the safety of our community or the possibility of further escalation. ”
The university asked the NYPD to maintain a presence on campus through May 17 to “maintain order and ensure that encampments do not re-establish.”
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