The Columbia University President Nemat Minouche Shafik defended police action after stating that over 300 Pro-Palestine protestors were damaging property around Hamilton Hall, and being generally disrespectful towards staff. She stated in an email and I quote
Columbia University Email in Question
![Columbia University Bank Of England Governor Mark Carney Hosts Inflation Report News ConferenceNemat "Minouche" Shafik, deputy governor for markets and banking at the Bank of England (BOE), speaks during the bank's inflation report news conference in London, U.K., on Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The BOE cut its growth forecasts through 2017 and endorsed investors' view for gradual interest-rate increases that may not start until the middle of next year. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images](https://totalapexentertainment.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/gettyimages-473122676-2048x2048-1-1024x680.jpeg)
“Over the last few months, we have been patient in tolerating unauthorized demonstrations, including the encampment. Our academic leaders spent eight days engaging over long hours in serious dialogue in good faith with protest representatives. I thank them for their tireless effort. The University offered to consider new proposals on divestment and shareholder activism, to review access to our dual degree programs and global centers, to reaffirm our commitment to free speech, and to launch educational and health programs in Gaza and the West Bank. Some other universities have achieved agreement on similar proposals.
Our efforts to find a solution went into Tuesday evening, but regrettably, we were unable to come to resolution. Because my first responsibility is safety, with the support of the University’s Trustees, I made the decision to ask the New York City Police Department to intervene to end the occupation of Hamilton Hall and dismantle the main encampment along with a new, smaller encampment. These actions were completed Tuesday night, and I thank the NYPD for their incredible professionalism and support.”
What’s Next for Columbia University
![American activist Mark Rudd, center, president of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), addresses students at Columbia University on May 3, 1968.](https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/opb/RVN7VF5KIPITAMPSECLQ25ZC7A.jpg)
This comes only after the infamous Strategic Response Group of the New York Police Department had descended upon the campus and had cracked down on over 300 plus people. The Columbia University president also had stated that the New York police were to remain upon campus until May 17th, two days after the commencement ceremony for this year’s graduating class. Which isn’t that different as the 1968 Columbia University protests in response to the involvement of the Vietnam war and a segregated gym, the protest in question housed a whopping 700 people.
Protests Continue
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The anti-Israel protest had originally started on April 17th due to the fact that Columbia University had ties to Israel and funded Israel during the ongoing war against Gaza. the reason for the gathering was originally around 7o people who would not disband until the University had severed ties or divested their interests from helping Israel.
When she decided to bring police into the equation, it was about an over 300 plus protest, reminiscent of the anti Vietnam war demonstrations in the 60’s, quite literally in the same locations as well. Things that were similar was that police had been brought to the scene and used brute force to get the protestors out.
But in light of the 2024 Palestine protests, the university, along with other universities that had their own methods. But Columbia had threatened to expel over 500 students after they were told to evacuate their encampments before 2 pm. This was before the police were called to help remove the protestors. But to no avail, police were in fact called upon to remove the violent demonstrations after staff and students were being mistreated and harassed along with a group of lawmakers that had visited the campus in question, and a Republicans Virginia Foxx and Mike Johnson, were relentlessly heckled, prompting federal funding into question.
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