A gaggle of greater than 50 anti-Israel protesters took over a constructing at New York Metropolis’s Barnard Faculty and allegedly assaulted an worker Wednesday night.
The scholars had been protesting the expulsion of two college students who stormed a Columbia College classroom in January and allegedly threw round flyers stuffed with hateful speech.
Columbia College students for Justice in Palestine displayed movies on X of masked college students in a hallway beating on drums and chanting on megaphones.
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A gaggle of greater than 50 anti-Israel protesters took over a constructing at Barnard Faculty and allegedly assaulted an worker Wednesday night. (X/@shoshanaaufzien)
The account additionally posted a listing of calls for accompanied by the textual content, “WE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL OUR DEMANDS ARE MET. FREE PALESTINE.”
The calls for embody an “quick reversal of the 2 Barnard college students’ expulsions” and “amnesty for all college students disciplined for pro-Palestine motion or thought. Drop all the fees now!”
Additionally they requested a public assembly with Dean Leslie Grinage and President Laura Rosenbury, and the abolition of the “corrupt Barnard disciplinary course of,” demanding full transparency for present, previous and future disciplinary proceedings.
The scholars mentioned that they may proceed to disrupt the campus till these calls for are met.
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A “Free Palestine” flag hangs inside a constructing at Barnard Faculty. (X/Columbia Jewish & Israeli College students)
A spokesperson for Barnard mentioned the protesters had assaulted a school worker who ended up being despatched to the hospital.Â
“They inspired others to enter campus with out identification, displaying blatant disregard for the security of our neighborhood,” Robin Levine, Barnard Faculty’s Vice President for Strategic Communications, mentioned in a press release.
College students attempt to enter the door of a constructing at Barnard Faculty in New York Metropolis. (Eisha (Lishi) Baker through Storyful)
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Levine mentioned she would give them till 9:30 p.m. to depart the constructing or the varsity would take different actions.Â
“We’ve got made a number of good-faith efforts to de-escalate. Barnard management supplied to fulfill with the protesters,” Levine’s assertion mentioned. “They refused. We’ve got additionally supplied mediation.”
The protesters started leaving the constructing by 11 p.m., in keeping with experiences by FOX 5 New York.
