The New York City Police Department chief of patrol on Thursday pushed back at an online scolding from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., after officers from an anti-terrorism squad showed up outside an encampment of demonstrators at Columbia University.
Protesters' tents popped up April 17, the day Columbia's President Minouche Shafik was grilled about on-campus antisemitism by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
"They are seeing the consequences of their actions. Something these kids were most likely never taught. Good SAT scores and self-entitlement do not supersede the law. I am sure you would agree that we have to teach them these valuable life skills.""Not only did Columbia make the horrific decision to mobilize NYPD on their own students, but the units called in have some of the most violent reputations on the force," she said.
He said the only incidents that day on campus "were the student's hateful antisemitic speech and vile language towards our cops." The video attached on Ocasio-Cortez's post was posted early Thursday, and showed officers standing outside the university, near the site of camped-out protesters.
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