05/02/2024

NYC Mayor Says 'Outside Agitators' are Co-opting Columbia Protests

The university's students disagree

As more college students across the nation hold anti-war demonstrations on their campuses, some are being met with intense law enforcement responses.

Earlier this week, officers arrested hundreds of demonstrators at Columbia University. Maryam Alwan, a student at Columbia and an active participant in the anti-war demonstrations, said she was there when police officers raided the New York City campus.

"I was posting videos of the police throwing tables and breaking windows in real time yesterday," Alwan said at a press conference held by students at Columbia University. "To be clear, the police caused far more property damage and physical endangerment than my classmates ever did."

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