The “potential leader” of anti-Israel demonstrators who stormed and barricaded themselves in Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall last week is reportedly a 40-year-old provocative heir to a multi-million dollar fortune.
James Carlson, also known as “Cody Carlson” and “Cody Tarlow,” is a “long-time anarchist,” a senior police official says. Said of new york post.
He is the son of prominent advertising executives Richard “Dick” Tarlow and Sandy Carlson Tarlow, and reportedly has a child with model Kim Heilman.
By the time we become a couple sold Carlson & Partners was acquired by DDB Worldwide, a major advertiser, in 2001, and the company said it was “doing a $165 million business.” post report.
Sandy Carlson Tarlow, who died in 2003 at the age of 59, was “responsible for defining the public face of Polo Ralph Lauren for almost a quarter of a century,” she said. Obituary.
Dick Tarlow died in 2022 at the age of 81, leaving behind an estate worth at least $20 million, according to court documents obtained by the outlet.
He lived in a $15 million mansion in Manhattan with his second wife, Kristin Kjaerberg, who is now Kristin Kjaerberg. date Singer John Cougar Mellencamp, according to Page Six.
As for James Carlson, he has an arrest history dating back to 2005 and spends his time off campus inciting campus protests. $3.4 million A three-story townhouse in Brooklyn.
He is currently listed as a “potential leader” of anti-Israel protesters who were arrested early Wednesday morning after Emergency Services Forces officers had to use a military truck to enter Hamilton Hall on the Columbia campus. According to a city hall official, it has been approved.of post.
Police officials said Carlson was taken to the One Police Plaza jail on charges of robbery, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, conspiracy and trespassing, where he is suspected of destroying a security camera.
Additional mischief charges have reportedly been added to the incident.
“I observed the defendant on the premises with several other individuals,” the officer wrote in Carlson’s arrest report. “We actually observed exits blocked by doors with broken windows, doors off their hinges, broken desks, and stacked chairs.”
Mr. Carlson does not appear to have any ties to Columbia University. Approximately 30% of those arrested at the Hamilton Hall protest were “outside agitators,” it said. post report.
Police said Carlson was also charged with hate crimes, assault and petty theft after allegedly setting a 22-year-old pro-Israel demonstrator’s flag on fire and hitting him in the face with a rock during a protest in April. ing.
The billionaire heir was able to take part in several headline-grabbing protests. blocked traffic on several major bridges in New York City in January, officials said. post.
In 2005, Carlson participated in the West Coast Anti-Capitalist Mobilization and March Against the G8 in San Francisco and was arrested after a mob attempted to crack the skull of a police officer and set a cruise ship on fire.
Officials said he was charged at the time with attempted lynching, malicious mischief, assault on a police officer, aggravated assault on a police officer with a deadly weapon and willful resisting an officer with serious bodily injury. Ta.
The San Francisco Superior Court dismissed the charges in 2007. Confirmed On CNN.
time post When I called Carlson’s sister’s house, the woman who answered the phone said: Please leave us alone. He has been out of our lives for many years now. ”
