Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez received pushback from NYPD officials on Thursday after she criticized Columbia University for having made “the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students” to end an anti-Israel encampment.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) criticized Columbia University for sending in New York City police to manage pro-Palestinian protesters. It was a rare defense from a member of Congress of the protesters,
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and a contingent of his Republican House colleagues faced a venomous response to their Columbia University visit on Wednesday – both on and off campus. Why it matters: Several prominent New York Democrats accused Johnson of "politicizing" the chaotic pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked Columbia for over a week.
An NYPD chief blasted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wednesday over her criticisms of police treatment of Columbia University pro-Palestine protesters who were temporarily cleared out of their encampment.
Embattled Columbia University president Minouche Shafik caved to pressure from anti-Israel protesters early Wednesday — giving them another 48 hours to dismantle the tent city that’s popped up on campus.
Mike Johnson, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign when he visited the campus Wednesday, as student protests over the Israel-Hamas war continue.
Not only did Columbia make the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students, but the units called in have some of the most violent reputations on the force,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote late Wednesday in response to a video of NYPD Counterterrorism officers outside the Morningside Heights campus.