Posted on 05/08/2025 5:45:27 PM PDT by Libloather
The New York Police Department arrested 61 females after anti-Israel agitators stormed Columbia University's Butler Library on Wednesday as students were studying for finals.
In total, the NYPD made 80 arrests – 19 males and 61 females, according to a source. A source also said at least 50 of the 80 protesters arrested were Columbia University students.
Protesters renamed the Butler Library "Basel Al-Araj Popular University." Students at the Ivy League institution said protesters climbed on a desk and chanted "Free Palestine," and demanded that the university divest from Israel.
At the entrance gate to Columbia University, a security guard said, "Nobody comes in, nobody comes out."
Claire Shipman, Columbia's acting president, said in a statement on Wednesday that the NYPD was called to help "secure" the building. She added that two university police officers were injured.
"Sadly, during the course of this disruption, two of our Columbia Public Safety Officers sustained injuries during a crowd surge when individuals attempted to force their way into the building and into Room 301," Shipman said. "These actions are outrageous."
In a separate statement, Shipman said individuals broke into one of the library's reading rooms.
"Disruptions to our academic activities will not be tolerated and are violations of our rules and policies; this is especially unacceptable while our students study and prepare for final exams. Columbia strongly condemns violence on our campus, antisemitism and all forms of hate and discrimination, some of which we witnessed today. We are resolute that calls for violence or harm have no place at our University," Shipman said.
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Out of control emotions combined with the false sense of security that they won’t be held responsible for their actions.
I believe the 80 were there to kill Jews. They had the purpose, but not the guts to do it. The students need total suspension and bar from campus. All need a date for court. Their names need revealed for further doxing by the public.
What they know is that they'll find a male judge who will fall all over himself trying to find a way to let them off as lightly as possible, in order to score points with them or whomever it is he wants to stick it into.
I'm sorry if I seem to be painting with a broad brush, but after decades of watching men capitulate at the alter of the camel toe, to the point of refusing to defend their own sons against a school system that openly abuses them, I have very little sympathy for men and the so called double standards they face.
Claire Shipman???? She was just a HACK reporter married to Jay Carney!! How did she get to be President of Columbia??
Violent woman, you say with a question mark!!! HA!!! I would bet that most of them have had an abortion, and after you MURDER your CHILD, violence to any other human being is NOTHING!
Pro terrorists ?.
No other reason for it.
Those women have never had to live under Islamic rules. Let them try that for a while, then get back to us about their love for the terrorists.
And all should be tried before Jewish judges!
They said Covid attacked persons of color the most and now the arrests target women the most. More discrimination. /S
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