Student organiser expects ‘large blowback’ against Columbia University’s leadership
Cameron Jones, a lead organiser at Columbia University for the Jewish Voice for Peace activist group, told Al Jazeera that there is a groundswell of support seeking the resignation of the university’s leadership.
“We have seen the university try again and again to silence pro-Palestine voices on campus and every time they try to silence us, we only get louder. We only bring larger numbers to our rallies, larger numbers to our protests,” Jones said.
“I am certain that you will see a large, large blowback from the student body, from the faculty, from alumni in the coming weeks. “We will not stand for this violent police brutality on our campus and we will stand up for what we believe in.
“There is large support for [Columbia president] Manouche Shafik to resign… and for a whole investigation of everything that has happened in the past few weeks.”
New York Police officers escort a protester outside the Columbia University campus on Tuesday night
Arrests at Columbia University as New York City police clear Gaza protest
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/1/new-york-city-police-enter-columbia-campus-as-gaza-protest-escalates
Hundreds of New York City police officers entered the Columbia University campus and took many people into custody in the latest escalation of the student-led, pro-Palestinian protests that have swept college campuses across the US and many other countries.
The move to clear the Columbia protest came exactly 56 years after police swept into Hamilton Hall to end a 1968 protest by students against racism and the Vietnam War.
Police use a special vehicle to enter Hamilton Hall, which was occupied by protesters, at Columbia University in New York City on April 30
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