{"id":2239868,"date":"2024-05-08T08:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-school-failed-us-columbia-janitor-who-went-viral-for-controlling-far-left-activist-slams-school\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T08:23:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T12:23:24","slug":"the-school-failed-us-columbia-janitor-who-went-viral-for-controlling-far-left-activist-slams-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-school-failed-us-columbia-janitor-who-went-viral-for-controlling-far-left-activist-slams-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Janitor Criticizes School After Viral Incident"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fthe-school-failed-us-columbia-janitor-who-went-viral-for-controlling-far-left-activist-slams-school%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=2239868&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 article discusses a Columbia University janitor, Mario Torres, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-four-legged-hero-helps-clear-explosives-in-ukraine\/\" title=\"Watch: Four-Legged Hero Helps Clear Explosives in Ukraine\">gained <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a> fame<\/a> after clashing with a\u200d far<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-blm-vandalize-ice-building-burn-original-starbucks\/\" title=\"Antifa, BLM vandalize ICE building, burn original Starbucks\">-left activist<\/a> on campus. Torres criticized the university for failing its community. The incident involved pro-Hamas protesters taking over Hamilton Hall, leading to NYPD intervention. Torres was captured confronting an individual identified as James\u200d Carlson, reputedly a seasoned \u200banarchist.  <\/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>A janitor at Columbia University who went viral on social media last week following his confrontation with a far-left activist slammed the school this week, saying that it failed everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Mario Torres, 45, was in Hamilton Hall last week when pro-Hamas protesters stormed the building and illegally occupied it, which later led to the NYPD having to be called in to take it back.<\/p>\n<p>He was photographed confronting a person purportedly named James Carlson, who is \u201ca longtime anarchist,\u201d a high-ranking police official reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/05\/04\/us-news\/columbia-protester-is-heir-to-ad-empire-has-long-rap-sheet\/\">told<\/a> the New York Post. The Post said that Carlson owns \u201ca $3.4 million Brooklyn townhouse, has a model babymama and a stepmom dating John Cougar Mellencamp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t expect to go to work and get swarmed by an angry mob with rope and duct tape and masks and gloves,\u201d Torres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/columbia-facilities-worker-went-viral-shoving-anti-israel-protester-says-university-failed-report?intcmp=tw_fnc\">told<\/a> The Free Press. \u201cThey came from both sides of the staircases. They came through the elevators and they were just rushing. It was just like, they had a plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to the public safety, the workers\u2019 safety, people don\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-democrats-change-their-stance-on-defund-police-lawlessness-reign-of-criminals-must-end\/\" title=\"California Democrats Change Their Stance on Defund Police, Lawlessness: \u2018Reign of Criminals\u2019 Must End\">feel comfortable walking<\/a> through a mob to punch in to get into campus. That\u2019s crazy,\u201d Torres said. \u201cIs Columbia going to retaliate and find a reason to fire me? Is someone going to come after me? So I\u2019m taking a big risk doing this, but I think that they failed. They failed us. And I think that\u2019s the bigger story. They failed us. They should have done more to protect us, and they didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/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=1715184052205000&#038;usg=AOvVaw30mpznqHO0I3crFOdodkQW\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>A GoFundMe page that was set up for Torres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/heroic-janitor-fights-off-encampment\">raised<\/a> more than $35,000.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Columbia: this protester was a 40-year-old trust fund kid named James Carlson, who owns a townhouse in Brooklyn worth $3.4 million. The man who tried to hold him back was Mario Torres, 45, who has worked at Columbia\u2014where the average janitor makes less than $19 an hour\u2014for five\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KnCOHXsbj8\">pic.twitter.com\/KnCOHXsbj8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ari Ingel (@OGAride) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OGAride\/status\/1787755685549359316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 7, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia janitor Mario Torres, 45, gained social media attention after confronting a far-left activist in Hamilton Hall. He criticized the university, stating it let everyone down. 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