Hamilton Hall was deemed all clear at around 11 p.m. Tuesday, nearly 24 hours after it was overtaken by anti-Israel agit

[Lexy]

The New York City Police Department released footage Tuesday night of its raid inside a Columbia University building after being given permission to take it back from anti-Israel agitators.

Hamilton Hall, which was overtaken late Monday night, was cleared at around 11 p.m. Tuesday after a nearly two-hour operation by NYPD officers, most of whom were in riot gear. The encampment on campus was also cleared of agitators, only their tents remained when the raid was over.

Officers moved in on the occupied building at 9 p.m. Tuesday after leadership at Columbia requested their assistance

https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-raid-re ... ilton-hall

[Della]

[WellPreserved]

The Coalition for a Free South Africa at Columbia University was formed in 1981. A multiracial organization, its main objectives were to educate and to mobilize opposition to apartheid. The Coalition grew and was comprised of Columbia University students, faculty, alumni and staff.

On March 25, 1985, seven members of the Coalition began a fast in protest of Columbia University’s South Africa-related investments. On April 5, 1985, the Coalition and 100-200 students blockaded Hamilton Hall and chained closed its front doors. The “Divestment Blockade” lasted a long time. In 1985 the organization changed its name to the Coalition for a Free Southern Africa because it wanted to broaden its focus to include other countries including Namibia and Mozambique.

The CFSA [Coalition for a Free South Africa] planned the blockade for nearly two months. A week beforehand, seven leaders began a fast to demonstrate their commitment to the cause. When they met with Columbia administration a few days later to ask what they had to do to win the support of the trustees, the administration answered “keep on fasting.” Not only did the CFSA keep on fasting, they escalated their push. They decided to blockade on April 4 to coincide with an already-planned march for that day. The leaders of the CFSA not only chained the doors to Hamilton Hall but were very careful to leave no opportunity for the university to claim that anyone’s safety was threatened. . . .

The blockade ended on April 25 with a march into Harlem to a rally. CFSA threatened continued action if the university did not take the appropriate steps to divest themselves from South Africa.

A panel composed of six trustees was formed immediately after the end of the blockade to seriously consider divestiture. In late August, the panel returned a result that confirmed the student’s position — that divestiture was not only the moral option, but an economically viable one as well. Because of the naturally slow work of the trustees’ system, the recommendation was not considered until a full meeting of all 24 trustees on October 7. At that meeting, the trustees adopted the panel’s recommendation and proceeded to divest the university of the remainder of their investments with South African connections.

https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/conte ... tates-1985

[AZOldGal66]

You let a sore fester and don't tend to it, it will grow and become worse.

Columbia, CUNY, UCLA...to name a few...need to shoulder some of the responsibility on how these protests became what they did and have.

[Momto2boys973]

True.
Do you know what Northwestern did with their pro Hamas camp? Promised full ride scholarships to Palestinian students!! Jewish students who were harassed? Bupkes.
Good job. Now these thugs know that supporting terrorism pays well!

You let a sore fester and don't tend to it, it will grow and become worse.

Columbia, CUNY, UCLA...to name a few...need to shoulder some of the responsibility on how these protests became what they did and have.