NYC Mayor Eric Adams Says Outsiders Led Escalation in Protests at Columbia University

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, along with top officials from the New York Police Department (NYPD), announced that approximately 300 individuals were arrested on April 30 after police moved in to remove protesters from Columbia University and the City College of New York (CCNY) following weeks of tension on the campuses and others across the nation. Mr. Adams said the NYPD targeted individuals who escalated a peaceful protest into a volatile confrontation, incorporating anti-Semitic and anti-Israel sentiments. “What I feared actually materialized,” Mr. Adams said. “I know that there are those who are attempting to say ‘Well, the majority of people may have been students.’ You don’t have to be the majority to influence and co-op an operation. That is what this about, and so if we want to play the word police—you could do so—I’m going to play the New York City Police.”...