{"id":2235787,"date":"2024-05-02T16:41:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-number-of-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-werent-students-law-enforcement\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T16:44:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T20:44:28","slug":"shocking-number-of-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-werent-students-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-number-of-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-werent-students-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Amount of Non-Student Anti-Israel Protesters at Columbia: Authorities"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fshocking-number-of-anti-israel-protesters-at-columbia-werent-students-law-enforcement%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=2235787&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>In the recent\u200d anti-Israel protests at \u200bNew York City colleges, NYPD \u2064data revealed\u200d that out of 282 arrested demonstrators, 134 had no ties to the schools.\u200b This trend of \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-claimed-a-fellow-theologian-sexually-assaulted-her-in-1987-an-independent-investigation-determined-her-claims-were-false\/\" title=\"She Claimed A Fellow Theologian Sexually Assaulted Her In 1987. An Independent Investigation Determined Her Claims Were False.\">external influence<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-aps-empty-gesture\/\" title=\"The AP\u2019s Empty Gesture\">college activism<\/a> was highlighted, indicating a \u2062concerning shift in protest dynamics. Authorities emphasized the impact of non-affiliated\u200d individuals in such \u2064protests. During \u200dthe anti-Israel protests at\u200d New York City colleges, NYPD \u200bdata showed that out of 282 arrested protesters, 134 were not\u2064 affiliated with the schools. This underscores\u2063 a troubling trend of external influence in college activism, raising concerns about\u200c the changing dynamics of protests. Authorities emphasized the significant impact of non-affiliated individuals in these demonstrations.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 2, 2024 at 11:38am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The leaders of tomorrow were followers of outsiders during the anti-Israel protests at New York City colleges, according to New York Police Department data.<\/p>\n<p>Of the 282 demonstrators arrested when NYPD officers ended the occupation of a building at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nypd-swoops-makes-mass-arrests-columbia-rioters-escalate-alarming-untenable-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia<\/a> University and dispersed tent encampments at Columbia and the City College of New York, 134 had no connection to the schools, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/02\/us-news\/nearly-half-of-anti-israel-protesters-arrested-at-columbia-city-college-werent-students\/?utm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=nypost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At Columbia, 32 people arrested were not part of the university, while about 80 people were affiliated with the school, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/nyc-officials-allege-agitators-opting-columbia-university-protest\/story?id=109821934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ABC News<\/a>, citing NYPD data.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/instantly-iconic-nypd-tears-palestinian-flag-taking-back-campus-raises-american-flag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City College<\/a>, 102 people arrested had no ties to the school compared with 68 people who did have such connections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that there are those who are attempting to say, \u2018Well, the majority of the people have been students.\u2019 You don\u2019t have to be the majority to influence and co-opt an operation. That\u2019s what this is about,\u201d New York Mayor Eric Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to protect our city from those who are attempting to do what is happening globally,\u201d Adams said. \u201cThere is a movement to radicalize young people, and I\u2019m not going to wait until it\u2019s done and all of a sudden acknowledge the existence of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Weiner, the NYPD\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whether-a-person-died-in-a-nursing-home-or-hospital-who-cares-they-died-governor-cuomo-proves-hes-as-heartless-as-he-is-reckless-with-ny-lives-video\/\" title=\"\u201cWhether a Person Died in a Nursing Home or Hospital\u2026 WHO CARES? THEY DIED?\u201d \u2013 Governor Cuomo Proves He\u2019s as Heartless as He is Reckless with NY Lives (VIDEO)\">deputy commissioner<\/a> for intelligence and counterterrorism, said some familiar faces from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disgusting-pro-gaza-protesters-unthinkable-george-washington-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protest circuit<\/a> were on campuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese protests have been and are being influenced by external actors who are unaffiliated with the universities, some of whom have been known to our department and others for many years for their dangerous, disruptive and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-truth-about-hunter-bidens-laptop\/\" title=\"The Truth About Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop\">criminal activity<\/a> associated with protests for years,\u201d Weiner said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, this is not about what\u2019s happening overseas, it\u2019s not about the last seven months. It\u2019s about a commitment to, at times, violent protest activity as an occupation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you stand with Israel?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Other colleges also have pointed at outsiders as the reason campus protests went out of control, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/columbia-ucla-college-protests-police-25418aa5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New York University\u2019s president said 68 of the 133 people arrested there on April 22 had no ties to the college.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Texas, Austin said of the 79 people arrested there on Monday, 45 had no connection to the school.<\/p>\n<p>The same was true of many of those arrested at other campuses.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dozens of extremists were arrested at Arizona State <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASU?\">@ASU<\/a> on April 27 at the illegal encampment for Gaza. Administrators say most were not students nor faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Ian Sherwood<br \/> Hady Aziz<br \/> Josef Britton<br \/> Fahim Saadat <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SBeAIaC4jN\">pic.twitter.com\/SBeAIaC4jN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1784714152310685728?\">April 28, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Does 39-year old Atah Othman look like a student protestor to you? He was arrested at the University of South Florida and faces four charges including possession of a firearm on school property, trespassing, unlawful assembly and resisting arrest. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Rsox21KOrm\">pic.twitter.com\/Rsox21KOrm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Asman (@DavidAsmanfox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAsmanfox\/status\/1785851748780773857?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a column in the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/01\/opinion\/after-protest-chaos-universities-ned-to-teach-kids-about-real-free-speech-not-about-misgendering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Rikki Schlott said colleges still need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/anti-semitism-report-nearly-75-universities-received-c-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">face up<\/a> to what happened on campus and make some changes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents need to be taught how to express themselves with their words, not their fists or their tents. The free exchange of ideas is the lifeblood of a university. Everyone on campus needs to be informed of the social contract and buy into it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a university\u2019s responsibility to cultivate a community where everyone understands what free speech is, why it\u2019s important \u2014 and where its protections end,\u201d Schlott wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn ultra-selective Ivy League school should be a model for effective activism,\u201d she said. \u201cInstead, the Columbia campers set an example in how to break the rules \u2014 and be self-righteous brats while at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-military-issues-dire-warning-about-chinas-rapid-military-nuclear-weapons-buildup\/\" title=\"U.S. Military Issues Dire Warning About China\u2019s Rapid Military, Nuclear Weapons Buildup\">military issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the recent anti-Israel protests at New York City colleges, a striking revelation from New York Police Department data showed that among the 282 arrested demonstrators were aspiring youth who followed external influences, emphasizing a concerning trend in college activism. 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