Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong apologized to students and anti-Israel protesters who were 'hurt' by the NYPD when they cleared the campus last school year.
The interim president of Columbia University kicked off the new school year by apologizing to anti-Israel protesters on campus who were 'hurt' by the NYPD when they worked to clear the agitators who descended on the campus last year. 'I know that this is tricky for me to say, but I do understand that I sit in this job, right.
NYPD SHARES GLIMPSE INTO RAID REMOVING ANTI-ISRAEL AGITATORS FROM COLUMBIA'S HAMILTON HALL All in, the NYPD arrested about 200 protesters on Columbia's campus last school year. 'As we face anything, we have to be very committed to the principles, and our principles are our students and are enabling an environment where people can have freedom of expression, and we support debate, and we do those things,' Armstrong said.
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