US campus protests: After Columbia, police arrests over 280 demonstrators from UCLA, netizens ask 'Where is security'
Washington Post, over 1,600 people arrested at pro-Palestine campus protests in the past two weeks, out of which 282 arrests were made on Tuesday night at Columbia University and City College New York. On Wednesday, New York Police Department Commissioner Edward Caban said that over 280 protesters at Columbia University and the City College of New York.
Confirming the news, as quoted by WP, Chief of Patrol John Chell said NYPD has made 282 arrests — 173 at City College and 109 at Columbia. ALSO READ: Israel-Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions as cease-fire talks continue In the meantime, New York Mayor Eric Adams blamed 'outside agitators' for the Columbia University protests.
“Once I became aware of the outside agitators who were part of this operation, as Columbia mentioned in their letter and their request with the New York City Police Department, it was clear we had to take appropriate actions," CBS News quoted Adams as saying. With so much happening at the same time and no clarity who was involved in the violence, netizens took to X and showed their anger Rafael Shimunov took to X and wrote, “Zionist groups dressed like Proud Boys violently attack UCLA students while police do nothing." Sharing a video, Ryan Grip wrote, “You stand no chance, old lady!" Pro-Israel rioters at UCLA acting like total cartoon villains.
Marina Medvin too shared a video and wrote, “The 3-hour beat down at UCLA was both surprising and inevitable. The reality is that you can only provoke and antagonize people (even a peaceful people) for so long before they decide enough is enough." Alejandra Caraballo, wrote, “A Zionist mob attacked the UCLA encampment last night beating students, launching fireworks into
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