{"id":2229038,"date":"2024-04-24T11:20:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-students-tell-jewish-classmates-police-presence-on-campus-makes-them-feel-unsafe\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:22:18","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:22:18","slug":"columbia-law-students-tell-jewish-classmates-police-presence-on-campus-makes-them-feel-unsafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-law-students-tell-jewish-classmates-police-presence-on-campus-makes-them-feel-unsafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Law Students Express Concern Over Police Presence Impact on Jewish Classmates&#8217; Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-law-students-tell-jewish-classmates-police-presence-on-campus-makes-them-feel-unsafe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Columbia Law School students debated the impact of \u200dpolice presence on \u2062campus safety, with\u2064 concerns over how it affects students of\u200c color. \u200dAya Hashem, a student, emphasized that safety\u200d shouldn&#8217;t jeopardize others&#8217; well-being. The discussions arose\u2063 amid\u2064 anti-Semitic events on campus, \u200bfueling tensions and raising questions \u200dabout the\u200b role of\u2063 law \u200benforcement in promoting safety. (Word count: 49)\u2063 Your summary is concise and captures the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-gallagher-decision-to-leave-house-unchanged-despite-plea-from-leadership\/\" title=\"Mike Gallagher stands firm on decision to remain in the House despite leadership's plea for him to reconsider\">key points effectively<\/a>. It highlights the discussion around police presence at Columbia\u2064 Law School, \u200bAya\u200b Hashem&#8217;s perspective,\u200d and\u200d the context of anti-Semitic events affecting\u200d the \u200bcampus. \u200cThe mention of \u2062tensions and the \u2064role of law enforcement \u200denhances the summary&#8217;s depth.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>\u2018Your safety shouldn\u2019t be predicated on making others unsafe,\u2019 says Aya Hashem<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tColumbia Law School (Wikimedia Commons)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Columbia Law School students told their Jewish classmates they should not advocate for the school to bring police to campus to ensure their safety because the presence of law enforcement &#8220;makes students of color feel unsafe,&#8221; screenshots obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> show.<\/p>\n<p>In one message, second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-school-student-letter-details-culture-of-bullying-at-university-of-north-carolina\/\" title=\"Law School Student Letter Details \u2018Culture Of Bullying\u2019 At University Of North Carolina\">-year law student<\/a> Aya Hashem admonished her Jewish counterparts for advocating for police presence on campus, saying it &#8220;makes students of color feel unsafe and feel as though we&#8217;ve learned nothing since George Floyd.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No single group&#8217;s safety is more important than another&#8217;s lol,&#8221; Hashem wrote in a message on Monday to a GroupMe chat group that includes all members of Columbia Law School\u2019s class of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I shouldn&#8217;t have to explain why POC especially black students do not want dozens of police officers in riot gear all over campus. Why are we pretending like we don&#8217;t know that this country has a serious police brutality problem, where unarmed black people (especially men) are murdered indiscriminately by police officers???&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your safety shouldn&#8217;t be predicated on making others unsafe,&#8221; she told her Jewish classmates. &#8220;That&#8217;s not real safety at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another second-year law student, Deven Malone, echoed Hashem&#8217;s statements and suggested the anti-Semitism on display across the Manhattan campus was actually in part a result of the police presence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s worth noting,&#8221; he wrote, &#8220;that the awful displays of anti-Semitism occurred Saturday, after hundreds of police officers had been deployed for campus for multiple days, raising the question of whether they are actually effective in promoting safety (at the expense of making plenty of students feel unsafe and uncomfortable).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The messages, which garnered dozens of likes from members of the chat, come as Columbia continues to struggle with the anti-Semitic protests that have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sown chaos<\/a> in and around the school&#8217;s Manhattan campus. On Monday, university president Minouche Shafik moved classes online for the rest of the academic year.<\/p>\n<p>That <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester\/?utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announcement<\/a> came in the wake of protests in which Jewish students were subject to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent demonstrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When a group of Jewish students took an Israeli flag to campus Saturday night, pro-Hamas agitators stole it and tried to burn it. The Jewish students were assaulted, splashed with water, and followed by protesters, according to one of the students.<\/p>\n<p>Video from Saturday evening also showed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-escalating-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\" title=\"Columbia University Campus Faces Rising Anti-Semitic Protests\">keffiyeh-clad individual holding<\/a> a sign that pointed toward a group of Jewish students with the caption &#8220;Al-Qassam\u2019s Next Targets,&#8221; a reference to Hamas\u2019s military wing, which carried out the terror attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. Another student live streamed a speech that called for &#8220;escalation&#8221; and glorified the attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Hashem, Malone, and Columbia Law School did not respond to request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Hashem, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acs.edu.lb\/page.cfm?p=1183&#038;newsid=168&#038;ncat=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attended school in Beirut, Lebanon<\/a>, before attending Duke University as an undergraduate, is no stranger to anti-Israel activism at Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>She participated in an anti-Israel protest in November that <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-administrators-stand-by-as-anti-israel-protesters-overrun-law-school-and-disrupt-classes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disrupted law school<\/a> classes, in violation of school policy. Hashem is also a leader of the Middle Eastern Law Students Association, which signed an open letter, &#8220;Oppression Breeds Resistance,&#8221; that blamed Israel for Hamas\u2019s atrocities on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>Malone, meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milbank.com\/a\/web\/iBc2J1nZU4SD2QMkNYQGZq\/1-10655_dir_ny_campus-ambassador-facebook-2023_v8.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serves<\/a> as a &#8220;campus ambassador&#8221; for Milbank LLP, a prominent white shoe law firm that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/americanlawyer\/2023\/11\/02\/big-law-firms-call-on-top-law-schools-to-condemn-anti-israel-protests-harassment-405-131250\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signed a November letter<\/a> calling on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-on-right-would-trade-tax-cuts-for-ability-to-openly-say-n-word-joy-reid-claims\/\" title=\"People On \u2018Right\u2019 Would Trade Tax Cuts For Ability To Openly Say \u2018N\u2019 Word, Joy Reid Claims\">top law schools<\/a> to combat &#8220;anti-Semitic harassment, vandalism and assaults on college campuses, including rallies calling for the death of Jews and the elimination of the State of Israel.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Such anti-Semitic activities would not be tolerated at any of our firms,&#8221; the letter said.<\/p>\n<p>Milbank did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Malone also worked as a State Department intern in the Office of Conservation and Water, according to a r\u00e9sum\u00e9 posted to LinkedIn. As an undergraduate student, he was a member of Georgetown University&#8217;s &#8220;Hoya Hive,&#8221; where he served as a beekeeper.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Malone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/apr\/4\/columbia-law-school-students-outraged-over-fellow-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed outrage<\/a> over a group of Columbia law students who met with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Malone said he was &#8220;disappointed&#8221; to see his school &#8220;platforming an organization that leverages dark money to capture the courts,&#8221; a reference to the Federalist Society.\t<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Hashem and Malone, anti-Semitic student protesters have received support from Columbia professors, dozens of whom <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-professors-declare-solidarity-with-student-protesters-and-call-for-shafiks-resignation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">held a Monday rally<\/a> to express solidarity with students suspended for holding unauthorized protests. Attendees also lambasted Shafik for cracking down on them and called for her resignation.<\/p>\n<p>The rally was followed by anti-Semitic chants, including &#8220;Zionists you can\u2019t hide, we charge you with genocide&#8221; and &#8220;There is only one solution, intifada revolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aya Hashem from Columbia Law School conveyed that safety shouldn&#8217;t compromise others&#8217; well-being. Columbia Law students advised Jewish peers against advocating for police presence on campus to protect themselves. They highlighted concerns that law enforcement&#8217;s presence could threaten the safety of students of color. 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