That one while at Columbia was near lots of radicals and armed robbers. There’s even a map here.
http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/2103534/posts?page=7
“One of the former Black Panthers arrested in connection “with the Brinks robbery is Nathaniel Burns, a member of the Black Liberation Army. Burns is also known as Sekou Odinga. Burns/Odinga was sentenced to 25 years-to-life for attempted murder of a police officer. (ODINGA, sound familiar?)” from above url.