Two professors were among 44 anti-Israel protesters arrested this week inside a Columbia University building that was invaded and occupied by a mob, school officials said.
More than half of those arrested at Hamilton Hall on Tuesday night were outsiders with no formal ties to the Ivy League school. According to Columbia’s press release:.
A statement released on Thursday said: “A significant proportion of those who broke the law and occupied Hamilton Hall were outsiders.”
“The majority were a mix of adults, including a graduate student, two employees, and an outsider not affiliated with Columbia University,” the newspaper said.
The university’s suggestion that some of the illegal occupation of the school building was led by outside actors echoed Mayor Eric Adams’ claims that “outside agitators” were radicalizing the city’s college students.
The school said 14 of those arrested inside Hamilton Hall were Columbia undergraduate students, nine were graduate students and two were staff members.
The remaining six were students at institutions affiliated with Columbia University.
