A number of protests broke out on Thursday New York City’s Barnard College, after a group of more than 50 anti-Israeli agitators, took over the building on the campus the day before.
NYPD performed several arrests after protests overpowered, with about 100 anti-dealership demonstrants who gathered in front of the entrance to Barnard, once again carrying masks and keffiyeh and singing, “Slobodna Palestine.”
The tension increased and became more chaotic as protesters marched than Barnard at Cuny’s Cuny Campus City College, to protest the Government of Kathy Hochul in Cuny, which was canceled because of the expected protest.
The protesters heard the criticism of Hochul and “NYPD KKK” sing and tried to break the police barricades and approach the faces of the officers.
The “Free Palestine” flag hangs inside the Barnard College building in NYC. (X/Columbia Jewish and Israeli students)
The speaker of the house Mike Johnson, R-L., Spoke against the protest.
“Enough is enough,” Johnson wrote in the post on X.
“Pro-Hamas mafia have no place in our college campuses. The Barnard College & Columbia University must stop anti-Semitic chaos in the campus.”
Robin Levine, Vice President of Barnard for Strategic Communication, confirmed that a faculty member had been injured during a protest on Wednesday and sent to the hospital but did not offer further details.
“They encouraged others to enter the campus without identification, showing the rude disrespect for our community safety,” Levine said in a previous statement.
The school warned that if the students did not go until 9:30 pm, officials would be forced to take “additional, necessary measures to protect our campus”.
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A group of more than 50 anti-Israeli protesters took over the building at Barnard College and allegedly attacked an employee on Wednesday night. (X/@shoshanaaufzien)
The protesters began to leave the building until 11 pm, according to Fox 5 New York reports.
Students were protesting The expulsion of two students who broke into the Columbia University in January and allegedly threw themselves around leaflets filled with hate speech.
Columbia students for justice in Palestine have shown videos on X masked students in the hallway on Wednesday, beating drums and singing on megaphones.
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Students are trying to enter the door of the Barnard College building in New York. (Eisha (Lishish) Baker via Storyful -a)
The account also published a list of requests accompanied “We will not stop until our requirements are fulfilled. Slobodna Palestine.”
Requirements include “the immediate turn of the expulsion of two Barnards” and “Amnesty for all students disciplined Pro-Palestinian action or thought. Drop all expenses immediately! “
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They also requested a public meeting with Dean Leslie Grinage and President Laura Rosenbury, and the abolition of the “corrupt Barnard discipline process”, demanding complete transparency for liquid, undergoing a future disciplinary procedure.
Students vowed to continue to disrupt the campus until these requirements were fulfilled.
Christina Shaw contributed to Fox News Digital.
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