The NYPD tore down a Palestinian flag flying on the City College of New York campus and replaced it with an American flag after anti-Israel agitators removed it during a protest.
Officers with the New York City Police Department restored the American flag on the City College of New York campus after it was replaced with a Palestinian flag by anti-Israel agitators during a protest.
In similar fashion to nearby Columbia University, CCNY had been experiencing days of anti-Israel protests on campus as agitators called for the university to divest from Israel and for a cease-fire in Gaza, among other things. The protests came to a head Tuesday evening when 'a large crowd of demonstrators' marched from Columbia to CCNY, according to a statement released early Wednesday morning by the City University of New York , the system overseeing CCNY.
said, but the system ultimately made 'the difficult decision' to request backup from the The statement said 'a series of violent incidents' during the anti-Israel protests over the past six days put public safety and the campus community at risk and led to the decision.
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