{"id":2230825,"date":"2024-04-26T11:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-lets-48-hour-deadline-slide-with-no-action-against-student-protesters\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:17:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:17:26","slug":"columbia-lets-48-hour-deadline-slide-with-no-action-against-student-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-lets-48-hour-deadline-slide-with-no-action-against-student-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Allows 48-Hour Deadline to Pass Without Action on Student Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-lets-48-hour-deadline-slide-with-no-action-against-student-protesters%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=2230825&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>The Columbia University protest \u2063continues as students defy the 48-hour deadline set by the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-attorney-attacks-credibility-of-female-accusers-new-york-attorney-general\/\" title=\"Cuomo Attorney Attacks Credibility Of Female Accusers, New York Attorney General\">school president<\/a>. Despite preparations for arrests, negotiations progress, \u200bavoiding NYPD involvement. The students&#8217; coalition celebrates the halt on clearance but uncertainty \u200dlooms \u200dover future deadlines. Actions\u2062 against anti-Semitism \u2062spark ongoing demonstrations, highlighting the complex relationship \u2063between the university, protesters,\u2063 and law enforcement.  <\/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>&#8216;There is a rumor that the NYPD has been invited to campus this evening. This rumor is false,&#8217; school officials said late Thursday<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tNYPD, Columbia protesters face off (Reuters\/Caitlin Ochs\/File Photo)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MANHATTAN\u2014More than a week after its formation, the &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment at Columbia University lives on, with school president Minouche Shafik letting her 48-hour deadline to clear the area slide without taking action against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-schoolgirl-admits-lying-about-teacher-who-was-murdered-for-showing-class-muhammed-cartoons\/\" title=\"French Schoolgirl Admits Lying About Teacher Who Was Murdered For Showing Class Muhammed Cartoons\">student protesters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Student protesters celebrated another night in the encampment late Thursday with chants of &#8220;There is only one solution, intifada revolution&#8221; and &#8220;Long live the intifada.&#8221; Those chants came just hours before the university&#8217;s 48-hour deadline to clear the encampment was set to expire.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;There is only one solution. Intifada revolution.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Long live the intifada.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BynAcaf3wG\">pic.twitter.com\/BynAcaf3wG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Costescu (@JessicaCostescu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JessicaCostescu\/status\/1783683783218155767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The students appeared to prepare for their arrest as the deadline approached, with student leaders informing protesters of their &#8220;jail support infrastructure.&#8221; Instead, Columbia officials <a href=\"https:\/\/communications.news.columbia.edu\/news\/campus-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued a statement<\/a> just before midnight saying their talks with the protesters &#8220;have shown progress and are continuing as planned.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is a rumor that the NYPD has been invited to campus this evening,&#8221; the school said. &#8220;This rumor is false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The student group coalition behind the protest, Columbia University Apartheid Divest, celebrated the announcement in an Instagram post with the caption &#8220;NO SWEEP TONIGHT.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>It is now unclear whether the school has another deadline set for students to clear the encampment, which they formed on April 17, the day of Shafik&#8217;s congressional testimony on campus anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p>While Shafik authorized New York City police to enter campus and arrest unauthorized participants one day later, the student protesters quickly formed another camp, which has stayed up since.<\/p>\n<p>Students prepared for another wave of arrests Tuesday night, pledging to &#8220;defend the encampment&#8221; and &#8220;rally&#8221; for their &#8220;comrades.&#8221; But those arrests never came, with Shafik pushing back a midnight deadline to clear the encampment\u2014first to 8 a.m., then to 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Late Thursday night, Shafik issued the statement saying the negotiations between the university and the student protesters &#8220;have shown progress&#8221; and are ongoing. Columbia University did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The students are also targeting the school through Palestine Legal, a nonprofit that represents students who &#8220;stand for justice in Palestine.&#8221; The group <a href=\"https:\/\/palestinelegal.org\/news\/2024\/4\/25\/columbia-students-file-civil-rights-complaint-after-nypd-arrests-national-guard-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-organization-plans-to-provide-parents-with-tools-to-combat-woke-indoctrination-in-schools\/\" title=\"New Organization Plans To Provide Parents With Tools To Combat \u2018Woke Indoctrination\u2019 In Schools\">civil rights complaint<\/a> against the New York Police Department over the arrest of more than 100 students, who were also suspended by the university. The group is representing four Columbia students and the school&#8217;s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education&#8217;s Office for Civil Rights,&#8221; the group said in a Thursday statement, &#8220;demanding an investigation into Columbia University&#8217;s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their allies, including by inviting NYPD officers in riot gear \u2026 to arrest over a hundred students peacefully protesting Israel&#8217;s genocide last week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protests held near the entrance to Columbia&#8217;s campus have <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">turned violent<\/a>. Last week, Arab-Israeli journalist Yoseph Haddad was pushed, punched in the face, and told to kill himself during an encounter with people he called &#8220;pro-terrorist protesters&#8221; positioned near the Columbia gates. Haddad was scheduled to speak on campus that night but was forced to cancel the event.\t<\/p>\n<p>Within the campus gates, meanwhile, a group of Jewish students was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeted by student protesters<\/a> over the weekend. The group went out on campus Saturday night with an Israeli flag, which was stolen. Pro-Hamas agitators later attempted to burn it. The group was assaulted, splashed with water, and followed by protesters, according to one of the students.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference led by student protesters Thursday afternoon, organizers <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-student-protesters-urge-reporters-to-leave-campus-schedule-presser-for-12-hours-after-expiration-of-schools-negotiation-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> they &#8220;will remain in this encampment until we achieve all of our demands,&#8221; which are for Columbia &#8220;to divest, disclose, and amnesty for all&#8221; students and faculty disciplined. The students have also scheduled another presser for 2:30 p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>School officials debunked rumors of NYPD presence at campus on Thursday night. Columbia protesters continue &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment as school president, Minouche Shafik, maintains passive stance over a week since its inception. 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