According to a New York Post report, nearly half of all anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protesters arrested by the NYPD at Columbia University and Hamilton Hall were not enrolled at the college.
This statistic supports NYUC Mayor Eric Adams’ claim that “outside agitators” were responsible for turning the heat up on the violence as the protest went on.
“What was given to me by my team, a preliminary review of the numbers, just the beginning process of analyzing, but it appears, though, that over 40% of those who participated in Columbia and CUNY were not from the school and they were outsiders,” Adams told NPR during a media blitz.
“There were individuals on the campus who should not have been there,” the mayor insisted Wednesday. “They were people who are professionals and we saw evidence of training.
“This is a global problem that young people are being influenced by those who are professionals at radicalizing our children and I’m not going to allow that to happen as the mayor of the city of New York,” he added.
From The New York Post:
Among the non-students arrested at CUNY was 42-year-old Fernando Bobis — a Brown University graduate who practices internal medicine doctor in Washington Heights.
Just moments after being cut loose from custody on Wednesday, Bobis — whined to reporters that he and his fellow cellmates had been denied water and weren’t allowed to use the bathroom overnight.
“Five and a half hours in a holding cell with no bathroom, no water, no food. I had a hard time checking my insulin to make sure I was okay. I’m Type 1 diabetic,” Bobis said outside NYPD headquarters.
Others include known anti-Israel protester Jesse Pape, 47, who has clashed with NYPD officers at other anti-Israel rallies; James Carlson, 40, who has previously been involved in protests that have blocked local bridges and tunnels, and Nora Fayad, 22, and Amelia Fuller, 23, who were seen on video chanting for Hamas.
More over at The New York Post:
Nearly half of anti-Israel protesters arrested at Columbia, City College weren’t students https://t.co/ofv04TwaTB pic.twitter.com/AjTsSFz32e
— New York Post (@nypost) May 2, 2024
