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AOC, Jamaal Bowman, Ilhan Omar face class action lawsuit for Columbia encampment support
NY Post ^ | 8/03/24 | Kathianne Boniello

Posted on 08/04/2024 1:51:40 AM PDT by Libloather

Lefty “Squad” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jamaal Bowman and Ilhan Omar have been slapped with a class-action lawsuit for “inciting and encouraging” the anti-Israel encampment and protests at Columbia University earlier this year.

The trio of radical Democrats were among the “outside champions” who also slammed law enforcement for breaking up the hateful demonstrations — which included masked protesters taking over a campus quad, chanting “Free Palestine!” and burning an Israeli flag and throwing rocks — resulting in the violent April 30 takeover of the school’s Hamilton Hall, according to court papers.

“If any kid is hurt tonight, responsibility will fall on the mayor and univ presidents,” AOC wrote on X April 30, adding, “a nightmare in the making.”

Five anonymous students filed the legal action against at least a dozen groups, including the virulent anti-Israel Within Our Lifetime, as well as AOC, Bowman, Omar — whose college-student daughter Isra Hirsi attends Barnard University and was arrested at the Columbia encampment.

“The Gaza Encampment was extreme and outrageous conduct. It was illegal. It violated university rules. Its occupants harassed, followed, physically blocked, intimidated, and bullied Jewish students,” the students said in the litigation.

The encampment and their cheerleaders “not only consciously disregarded the rights of others, but the impact on the rights of others was the point of the protest: the more disruption [they] could cause for the University and the [students], the more leverage they thought they would have for their agenda,” according to the lawsuit.

Two of the five student plaintiffs are Jewish. All said they were too frightened by the violent protesters’ words and actions to reveal their names.

One, a senior identified as “Eric Doe,” said he “felt like he was living under an ominous cloud of doubt and uncertainty as he waited for the protestors...

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: columbia; encampment; lawsuit; omar
Omar is the one who married her brother.
1 posted on 08/04/2024 1:51:40 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Patriots need to learn what flamethrowers are for... Just sayin.


2 posted on 08/04/2024 1:58:40 AM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Libloather

How nice. Where can I donate to the prosecution fund?


3 posted on 08/04/2024 2:24:14 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: Bullish

Would a lighter and bug spray work? I think James Bond did that.


4 posted on 08/04/2024 3:21:02 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Bullish

BTTT


5 posted on 08/04/2024 4:32:34 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: know.your.why

Send these protestors back to where they came from & I don’t mean the U.S. Congress.


6 posted on 08/04/2024 5:53:10 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Libloather

May they experience the same treatment that President Trump got... the only difference will b3 that pres Trump was innocent, the squad are guilty of directly Inciting violence. They can dish it out, let’s see if they can take their own medicine?


7 posted on 08/04/2024 5:57:00 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Libloather

They’re about to find out the don’t have immunity.


8 posted on 08/04/2024 7:40:41 AM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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