Current Events > Columbia Students Sue Squad Members for Supposed Roles in Pro-Palestine Protests

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NEW YORK CITY (TND) A group of Columbia University students filed a class-action lawsuit Thursday against three members of the congressional Squad for their roles in the school's pro-Palestine protests this spring.

The students, who filed the suit anonymously, accused Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., of helping create an unsafe environment on campus.

Rep. Omar visited Columbia in April, when hundreds of protesters set up an encampment to demand the university divest from companies they said were helping Israel in its war with Hamas terrorists.

She later posted on social media that the students were joyfully demonstrating, in contrast to what some Jewish community members described as intimidating.

Contrary to right-wing attacks, these students are joyfully protesting for peace and an end to the genocide taking place in Gaza. Im in awe of their bravery and courage, the congresswoman wrote on X.

After New York City Mayor Eric Adams advised protesters to leave Hamilton Hall, an academic building protesters broke into and barricaded themselves inside days after Rep. Omars visit, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez warned him against using police to clear the academic building.

If any kid is hurt tonight, responsibility will fall on the mayor and univ presidents. Other leaders and schools have found a safe, de-escalatory path. This is the opposite of leadership and endangers public safety, she posted on X. A nightmare in the making.

The New York City Police Department later carried out arrests of protesters in and around Hamilton Hall. Rep. Bowman said the following day the officers were brutalizing the demonstrators.

Now I see that brutality being inflicted on peaceful students at Columbia and across the country. We must stand with our students to demand liberation for Palestinians and everyone in this world, the congressman said.

Columbia President Minouche Shafik moved classes online and restricted campus access during the protests before canceling commencement. The students who sued the Squad members accused outside activists of contributing to the loss of campus resources.

Those were real damages sustained by the 36,000 students at Columbia who chose to obey university rules, go to class, and pursue their education, only to be frustrated at the finish line by the tortious acts of their classmates and professors, with the assistance and encouragement of outside activists, they said in the lawsuit.

None of the congressmembers immediately returned The National Desks request for comment.

So, who's funding this class-action lawsuit?

I heard zero reports ever of any protestors ever doing anything to Jewish students. I saw a clip once of a girl standing in the middle of a bunch of protestors and screaming that she is Jewish and asking if the crowd wanted to kill her. Just totally losing her mind. She was hoping to get someone to react but people just ignored her

There was a girl who went on fox News and claimed someone poked her in the eye with some object but it was fake. She even had totally normal looking eyes in the interview. She was not ever hurt. She might have gotten bumped once by accident and she decided to turn it into a attempt on her life. Right wing media was acting like she had been blinded

Zikten posted...

I heard zero reports ever of any protestors ever doing anything to Jewish students. I saw a clip once of a girl standing in the middle of a bunch of protestors and screaming that she is Jewish and asking if the crowd wanted to kill her. Just totally losing her mind. She was hoping to get someone to react but people just ignored her

There was a girl who went on fox News and claimed someone poked her in the eye with some object but it was fake. She even had totally normal looking eyes in the interview. She was not ever hurt. She might have gotten bumped once by accident and she decided to turn it into a attempt on her life. Right wing media was acting like she had been blinded

There was a task force report finding you could read, you know. The findings aren't really favorable to Columbia.

So they are going after black and brown members of congress .

Im gonna post the only thing someone should post in a humbl thread.
https://arab.org/portal/palestine/where-to-donate/

Humble_Novice posted...

So, who's funding this class-action lawsuit?

good question.

@vegy they going after AOC

Not if i have anything to do about it

what are we some kinda sue squad