As the wireless crowd swarms Penn Station and the lawless left, New York’s Finest defeated the violent returned on Tuesday in a game of capture the symbol.
The outdoor protestors have become less and less interested in concealing their lack of involvement with the schools being held as demonstrations have been permitted to expand on at university campuses across the country. This was immediately visible when a group of anti-Israelis marched through Gotham for a confrontation with the NYPD in” Flood the Camps for Gaza.”
While riot gear-clad boys in blue were purging the attackers who had seized Hamilton Hall at Columbia University, other police officers were lining up additional uptown at City College of New York, raising the bar for the United States and putting a Israeli pennant away.
The incident was captured on camera by NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry, who captioned the protesters ‘ treatment and the re-raising of the American flag as” an amazing picture and happy instant as we helped @CityCollegeNY restore order on campus, culminating in raising Old Glory once again on their college flag.”
#HAPPENINGNOW: An incredible scene and proud moment as we helped @CityCollegeNY restore order on campus, culminating in the raising of Old Glory once more on their campus flagpole. @NYPDPC @NYPD1stDep @NYPDChiefOfDept @NYPDChiefPatrol @NYPDnews pic. twitter.com/XZWFmvXcUs
— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry ( @NYPDDaughtry ) May 1, 2024
As they made their way from Greenwich Village to Hamilton Heights on Tuesday, the wannabe revolutionaries stopped at New York University, The New School, the Fashion Institute of Technology, Columbia, and City College.
One protester reportedly yelled,” We have made it clear to the institution what the only appropriate resolution is,” according to the New York Post. And we wo n’t de-escalade, we wo n’t camp, and we wo n’t rest until this university, which has blood on its hands, cuts every last tangle with a Zionist institution, to the Zionist entity.
A red substance splattered across the exterior of the residence by “external community members in solidarity with NYU students” was the subject of a demonstration by reporter Talia Jane, which included a message reading,” Linda Mills: Your administration is complicit in genocide.” Blood on your hands. Long live Gaza”.
The pampered protesters who had been mocked over demands that the same schools they were protesting against showed no desire to travel by foot to the additional stops on their march, instead converged on Penn Station, disregarding traffic in the process.
As someone held the emergency exit open for the crowd and chanted,” Uptown A train you will see,” they could be seen entering the station without paying the fare. Palestine is almost free”!
NOW: Protesters line up at Penn Station to board the train to Columbia University.
Most marchers were prevented from entering the station by the police, but about 20 to 30 protesters managed to get inside the station. twitter.com/wRzRvcvr8f
— katie smith ( @probablyreadit ) April 30, 2024
Pro- Palestinian activists swarm Penn Station chanting” Free Palestine” to catch uptown train to @Columbia. Protest has swelled to 300- 400 people. pic. twitter.com/WTmzB1rWyA
— Dorian Geiger ( @dgeigs ) April 30, 2024
Of course, the “FA” portion of their day soon grew to the” FO” when the uptown colleges sought the NYPD’s assistance in exchanging the activists who had received the no-nonsense treatment from law enforcement before large-scale arrests took place.
@CityCollegeNY & @Columbia wrote to @NYPDnews stating that protestors ‘ actions had harmed campus safety and security.
These people’s risky behaviors raise serious safety issues for university communities.
Let me be… pic. twitter.com/ZLFfoxKNCI
— NYPD Deputy Commissioner, Operations Kaz Daughtry ( @NYPDDaughtry ) May 1, 2024
At 139th and Amsterdam Avenue, police presently shove protesters with barricades outside the CCNY gate. twitter.com/IVkGEcQun0
— katie smith ( @probablyreadit ) May 1, 2024
NOW: More flares are blaring at the gates to the CCNY.
Protesters are throwing bottles of water at protesters on campus.
I’m leaving right away, but I’ll try to share any updates. twitter.com/nIsXnok1Bc
— katie smith ( @probablyreadit ) May 1, 2024
Around 100 protesters are currently stranded between two police lines in front of City College’s campus photo. twitter.com/0hbesNMHCY
— Hell Gate *subscribe today! * ( @ HellGateNY ) May 1, 2024
Kevin Haggerty, a native of Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Hunter College where he studied cultural anthropology and geography. He is an avid reader and seeker of truth, and he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog. When he is n’t studying current events and their effects, he can be found spending time with friends and family as well as writing his next book.
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