{"id":2234564,"date":"2024-05-01T13:07:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-says-columbia-anti-israel-protest-was-co-opted-authorities-saw-evidence-of-training\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:09:22","slug":"eric-adams-says-columbia-anti-israel-protest-was-co-opted-authorities-saw-evidence-of-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eric-adams-says-columbia-anti-israel-protest-was-co-opted-authorities-saw-evidence-of-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Adams believes that the Columbia anti-Israel protest was hijacked, with authorities noting signs of organized training"},"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\">34<\/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%2Feric-adams-says-columbia-anti-israel-protest-was-co-opted-authorities-saw-evidence-of-training%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=2234564&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>New York \u200cCity Mayor Eric Adams highlighted\u2064 the infiltration of external\u2062 influencers in the recent anti-Israel protest \u2064at Columbia University, \u200dindicating organized training among\u2062 certain protesters. Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-avenue-reportedly-overrun-with-prostitutes-soliciting-in-broad-daylight-propositioning-kids-police-do-nothing\/\" title=\"NYC Avenue plagued by prostitutes soliciting openly, even targeting children, while police remain inactive.\">arrests \u2063made<\/a> by\u200b NYPD \u2064officers\u200b at\u200d Hamilton Hall, Adams emphasized the challenge of differentiating between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-diego-plan-moves-illegal-immigrants-to-the-front-of-the-line-for-in-person-education\/\" title=\"San Diego Plan Moves Illegal Immigrants To The Front Of The Line For In-Person Education\">legitimate students<\/a>\u2063 and unauthorized individuals \u200bon campus, underscoring \u2064the impact of even a minority group in influencing and co-opting an operation.  <\/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<p>New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that the anti-Israel protest at Columbia University has been influenced by \u201coutside agitators\u201d who appeared to show that they had been trained.<\/p>\n<p>After NYPD officers stormed Hamilton Hall on Columbia\u2019s campus and arrested dozens of protesters who were illegally occupying the building on Tuesday night, Adams said in a press conference that authorities were attempting to \u201cdistinguish between who were actually students and who were not supposed to be on the grounds,\u201d The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/01\/us-news\/hundreds-of-protesters-arrested-at-columbia-as-anti-israel-group-calls-for-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were individuals on the campus who should not have been there. They were people who are professionals and we saw evidence of training,\u201d Adams said. \u201cI know that there are those who attempting to say, \u2018Well, the majority of people may have been students.\u2019 You don\u2019t have to be the majority to influence and co-op an operation. That is what this is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a global problem that young people are being influenced by those who are professionals at radicalizing our children and I\u2019m not going to allow that to happen as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">mayor<\/a> of the city of New York,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD Deputy Commissioner Tarik Sheppard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nypd-deputy-commissioner-shows-industrial-chains-used-by-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-this-is-what-professionals-bring\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Wednesday that the chains used by anti-Israel protesters to lock themselves in Hamilton Hall are \u201cnot what students bring to school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what professionals bring to campuses and universities,\u201d Sheppard said.<\/p>\n<p>The anti-Israel Columbia protest began nearly two weeks ago, with demonstrators setting up tents on the Ivy League school\u2019s grounds and calling for Columbia to divest from Israel as the country fights Hamas. Sheppard added that between 40-50 protesters were arrested on Tuesday night as NYPD officers made their way through Hamilton Hall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn order for our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nypd-deputy-commissioner-shows-industrial-chains-used-by-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-this-is-what-professionals-bring\/\" title=\"NYPD Deputy Commissioner Reveals Anti-Israel Protesters' Use of 'Industrial Chains' at Columbia: 'Professional Tactics\">emergency services group<\/a> to enter into the building, they had to first cut through these chains, but also get rid of debris and barricaded doors that were barricaded with refrigerators, vending machines, chairs, you name it, they pushed it up against those doors to try to stop us from coming in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>An anti-Israel demonstration has also popped up at City College in New York, where police said they arrested an additional 173 protesters on Tuesday night, according to the Post. Those arrested at Columbia University and City College face charges ranging from trespass and criminal mischief to burglary.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated that the Columbia University anti-Israel protest was influenced by &#8220;outside agitators&#8221; displaying signs of training. 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