Columbia threatens to expel students who took over building

Columbia University said students who occupied Hamilton Hall face expulsion. More than half a century ago, the same building was occupied by protesters who opposed the Vietnam War. Protesters continued their demonstrations at other colleges, including Tulane and the University of Texas at Austin. More than 1,200 people have been arrested nationwide. NBC News' Erin McLaughlin reports.
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#Columbia #Protest #IsraelHamasWar

[@vgf0369]

Stop threatening expulsion and take action .

[@debrafirestone861]

Exactly

[@piku5637]

You’re on the side of genocïde. Abuser.

[@Jouantiese]

Laughable threats..

[@dragonflarefrog1424]

Columbia Administration has failed

[@helenpauls1496]

Exactly! Listen to them and stop this bloody war!

[@SassySusan]

Cowards won't even show their faces.

[@neel14045]

Following their brothers in Gaza

[@helenpauls1496]

@@neel14045Most protesters I’d imagine. CCTV everywhere and less chance of being targeted.

[@haidaralhumaidialshumari868]

to be unjustly expelled, trespassed, thrown in jail?

[@rlfolder5437]

@@haidaralhumaidialshumari868none of the above. They’re ashamed, and stupid.and antisemetic.

[@baktihidayattullah1863]

Coward always hide the true,,,israel ???🤔

[@battlebeard2041]

Any students who caused damage should immediately be ineligible for scholarship and grant money.

[@smrk2452]

They’re not sure the violent ones are actually students

[@haidaralhumaidialshumari868]

like the insurrectionists on jan 6th?

[@RoadTripA1A]

Probably the same actors, organizers and funding.

[@actualyoungsoo]

I bet they are a bunch of liberal arts majors

[@RoadTripA1A]

@MimiVerbana Yes, a lot!

[@bobroberts2371]

Columbia has been threatening to do lots of stuff but keeps backing down.

[@taliabraver]

Do the christian people know what the palestinians did to them in Lebanon in 1975?GO ISRAEL!GO TRUMP!

[@richboz3156]

I'm so saddened for the Jewish students. It appears the protesters/universities views are in line with Hitler which is horrific.

[@hdlc4635]

​@richboz3156 If you think that about what's facing Jewish students today, then you would have to believe the Black students who integrated schools from the 1950s-70s faced mobs that were no less than Satan incarnated.

[@regretsonly3808]

I'll believe it when I see the expulsions...I don't believe they will actually expel any of these these rich, bubble wrapped kids who don't even know what they are protesting. I guess they support massacres of innocents, brutal regimes, blatant hatred & intractable misogyny for others..."just for thee - not for me." I can see right thru them b/c hey are so pathetic & vacuous.

[@janesevy4372]

Why doesn't the university file criminal charges?

[@ksmith1728]

That is terrible pr …even worse than what is going on now. They want the protest to end not to criminalize the students

[@osvaldorubalcava9721]

@@ksmith1728well many of them are high schoolers who don’t even belong there

[@vickyharris2259]

Money talks! Just laugh 😆

[@janesevy4372]

@ksmith1728 Sorry, you can't have it both ways. That's a Biden strategy.

[@noahpatterson5667]

Cause they are proud of these rioters for targeting jewish americans

[@debrafirestone861]

They are letting 18 yr old to 22 yrs old telling them what to do crazy

[@shilk4301]

Threaten ? Take action and suspend such students who have no respect for country nor college institutions

[@progressiveevolution4089]

If you respect "country" you'd acknowledge this is a perfectly normal form of PROTESTS. Civil disobedience is a form of protest. And without it, we wouldn't have the rights we di have today. This same act took place in the 60s, and 80s that I know of alone.

[@Wargutz666]

No, this is an occupation, not a protest anymore.

[@marierosario2773]

@@Wargutz666that’s by military force, which this doesn’t qualify! Try again

[@progressiveevolution4089]

@@Wargutz666 yes, it still is a form of protests. Just like it has happened several times before in the history of the US. Ex. When protest broke out to divest from Africa in favor of Nelson Mandela in the 80s this same thing happened. And they through up a banner calling it Mandela Hall. You can not try to silence protestors just because you don't agree with their method of execution.

[@progressiveevolution4089]

@@Wargutz666 not an occupation, it's called civil disobedience a perfectly normal form of protest used throughout the history, the right to assembly. 1985 protest of the divestment of South Africa in this very same university. Instead of today's "Hind's Hall" it was "Mandela Hall"

[@MG-jj3pn]

You mean your parents and government money Not your

[@proshacot]

​@@MiMiiViVisure they are. Most of their tuitions are paid by parents

[@michaelryan3960]

Good. They were warned to stop violating the law multiple times.

[@debrafirestone861]

Exactly the administration isn’t doing anything

[@karatekidakakatelyn8114]

_It’s fascinating how these protesters don’t have any problems with music festival genocide._

[@kundun5]

Stop making excuses for Zionists genocide! We don’t murder people to prosecute terrorists! Jews are going to be in serious danger because of this massacre! Only 28% of Americans support Israel in this! Don’t say you weren’t warned!

[@ephraimrisesagain1592]

😢😂😂😂😂 at you not with.

[@Joe-gw9wh]

That was a terror attack and a war crime. Meanwhile you can’t admit to any atrocity by the IDF, and you ignore completely things like the mass grave being discovered. Remember when the IDF soldiers intentionally murdered their own people taken hostage because they tried to shoot what they thought were surrendering Palestinians. Or how they triple tapped the world central kitchen convoy that told them where they’d be and was marked with logos.

[@Joe-gw9wh]

Now what about the IDF murdering their own hostages?

[@maxdoubled4800]

For REAL!!!!!!!!!!

[@notoriousbills]

That’s not a protest that’s an insurrection

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Insurrection happens against a country or government 🤡

[@ToshisanMotonaka]

... Sure thing buddy.

[@Hezekiah1]

😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@jackieschierenberg6095]

They are paid to do this

[@Hezekiah1]

@@jackieschierenberg6095 God always covers peace… the bills been fronted. Peace ✌️.. It’s the devil that runs out of money in the end.

[@user-xw9eo4lw8q]

Turn off water and electricity and block wifi.

[@BeNGALi4LFE]

ok mussolini

[@shlepmessing8703]

"wait... you're going to block our wifi?"

[@isaiah2810]

@@BeNGALi4LFETRUMP 2024 Commie boy. 😊🇺🇸🦅💪

[@jackieschierenberg6095]

Expel and press charges

[@tranh01]

Domestic terrorism MUST be stopped

[@piku5637]

Genocïde enabler. Abuser.

[@Method9]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@baktihidayattullah1863]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@DarkMatterCurator]

@@Method9 😆😆😆😆😆

[@DarkMatterCurator]

@@baktihidayattullah1863 😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@kangarif9166]

Don't you know that the Palestinians in Gaza cheered and paraded in the streets when they knew that the WTC building was blown up by terrorists in 2001?

[@hdlc4635]

Don't you know that the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia and every American President kisses the King's ring?

[@Nash-NYC]

If you gonna point your fingers at others, make sure your hands are clean

[@MiMiiViVi]

Snoopes says FALSE that was old footage from 1991 CNN erroneously broadcast.

[@DarkMatterCurator]

@@Nash-NYC 😆😆😆😆

[@justrandom24_7]

Hope you know America has killed a lot of innocent people... You've got blood on your hands as well

[@Coral-reef.]

My god i am loving this. The MSM must be ashamed of themselves

[@jonnyfendi2003]

Exactly. They cant sugar coat this crap anymore

[@Coral-reef.]

@@jonnyfendi2003 what goes around comes back around

[@chadskogfeldt8413]

Why is the mayor not called out the national guard to protect the Jewish student's???

[@chadskogfeldt8413]

Why are Democrats anti-semitic 😮?

[@hdlc4635]

Because no Jewish students are in danger.

[@DarkMatterCurator]

@@hdlc4635 🤣😂🤣😂🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

[@wmiller1000]

@@hdlc4635 A lot of Jewish students at these schools strongly disagree with your claim; but I guess they don't count, do they?

[@CodeNameAcid139]

Warning them is doing nothing

[@raisingarizona2008]

This is humiliating to the left.

[@shlepmessing8703]

You think the left has anything remaining that hasn't been humiliating?

[@pknluu]

Expel these disruptive students

[@davidbarnes4586]

Threaten to expel. Actions speak louder than words!

[@vqjd4435]

About time!!

[@Sleeplessinseattle253]

Sheep well fellow sheep

[@dgdfgfnh968]

mfw all the money ,food, tents these kids have could have been sent to gaza to actually help people.

[@TheAlchemist1089]

Mfw the same could've happened to American vets and homeless instead of Israel and Ukraine But muh socialism 😏

[@tlockerk]

sending the kids too? They're adults, young adults, and people their age are in adult prisons.

[@2115virgo13]

Good. They should not be allowed to protest on campus .

[@Joe-gw9wh]

Old people love war

[@Joe-gw9wh]

Old people supported the U.S. invasion of Iraq now they support the Israeli genocide of Gaza

[@helenpauls1496]

@@Joe-gw9whTheir retirement money from sponsors and that never ending war machine. Hope this protest spreads further.

[@marierosario2773]

Kids are bombed and starved and that’s what you worry about?

[@phillipanderson7398]

Not good- it is all just talk- unless they do it.

[@anonymoushuman8443]

We must have LAW and ORDER

[@shoebhussain6039]

What about international law in Gaza?

[@marierosario2773]

We have the freedom to protest! Stop trying to take away peoples freedom

[@RobertJohnson-bj5lk]

Well, expulsions would help them save a lot of money that they would have wasted on a worthless degree.

[@JoanAmasora]

Put them in jail

[@user-zr2ff8ob9m]

This is a humiliation to academia

[@progressiveevolution4089]

This is a proud exhibition of our first amendment right at practice. Protest.

[@taylort8674]

​@progressiveevolution4089 you don't have a First Amendment right to camp in public places and impede the rights and movements of others, dummy

[@proshacot]

​@progressiveevolution4089 riots are not covered by the 1st Amendment. Such a shame you don't know basics

[@frostdesigns555]

People like you would have been labeled on the wrong side of history during the Vietnam war.

[@progressiveevolution4089]

@@proshacot yea it's such a shame you don't know the difference between rioting and Civil-disobedience.

[@Thrawn90]

Should have expelled them a week ago.

[@MagnoliaLane4809]

G e n e r a t i o n T a n t r u m

[@piku5637]

Genocïde enabler: you are an abuse.

[@amandaamanda7938]

This is ridiculous.

[@markdepriest418]

Their going to get the 45th warning soon. If that doesnt work theyll try warning number 46. That will show them....

[@ronfriedman8740]

They must have learned that from defendant Trump. 😊

[@user-qu8lt3hf7e]

Send in the national guard

[@clifficus]

Just expel them or jail them, they’re not pre-schoolers.

[@regretsonly3808]

jail means nothing to them - they are already set up for "fake jobs," no resume will ever required - not unlike the trump spawn. Columbia doesn't have the b____s to expel these monied princes & princesses.

[@Futureacquiescence]

Threatening??? They should be expelled immediately

[@johnsilva2212]

The Anti Occupiers... Occupying? Really? 🤣

[@cheo5673]

Expelling is necessary. This is just plain stupidity... go and protest in the streets!!!

[@MacLevistein]

If you don’t agree with what your university of choice is investing in then choose another university. Simple as that. No need to resort to this kind of behavior. You guys give Islam a very bad look.

[@donnaomoto5018]

Teachers should not participate in protest at their college jobsite. The students who feel threatened cannot count on you to be unbiased and inclusive when you are the ones determining their graduation. Huge lawsuits coming.

[@urbanexplorer3059]

why are people wearing masks outdoors in 70 degree weather?

[@hdlc4635]

Doxing.

[@stephaniepartida2111]

So confused why they protesting it's looks so stupid

[@MagnoliaLane4809]

Good.

[@tortillero3138]

What does the university have to do with the Israel / Palestinian conflict?

[@barryhessel6078]

They supposed to be in class learning. Not getting involved in other countries business.

[@BrainyWoman]

Expel them!!

[@fahadhussain4315]

I stand against this Genocide

[@DarkMatterCurator]

Then tell them to release the hostages and agree to a 2 state solution they keep denying and instead choose to attack israel so they can get f'ed up again...🤡

[@safetythirdified]

Spoiled brats gonna spoil.

[@hrod9393]

If only there were a capitol police hiding in the shadows to deter such occupation of buildings...

[@Bradyvilleboy]

Mostly peaceful.

[@susansantana4454]

😅😅😅 sure it is! Guess you didn't see the part where they broke windows and now occupy a building. Sorry there message was lost when they started thinking they have a right to make demands!

[@baktihidayattullah1863]

Just like israel state,,,peaceful😅😂

[@DarkMatterCurator]

@@baktihidayattullah1863 Just like palestine treats the LGBTQ😆😆😆😆

[@danki2000daniel]

Threat?.....should be guaranteed to be expelled

[@kamnyc2022]

I would also question; why is the media giving these voiceless voices a platform

[@stephanieoh8189]

I understand now why these kids do what they do. Its like that mother who allows her kids to yell at her and she has no backbone. Kids can smell weakness and columbia has shown theyre weak

[@albertchavez7645]

Where was the law and order on Jan. 6 !!!

[@chadskogfeldt8413]

These protesters are literally chanting intafada

[@Rickets1911]

It’ll be Columbia’s loss of students, tuition and revenue

[@Joe-gw9wh]

Maybe the speaker Johnson should let Jewish space laser Marjory make the statement on condemning anti semitism

[@user-vl5wg7gu7g]

The University is a friend of HAMS, did you not know?

[@eudaimon82]

Take action

[@svjim1]

This comes from inside not outside campus. Expelling them does not remove them.

[@ahmadjibawi8535]

protesting against the corrupted politicians

[@RevTox]

I couldn't imagine expecting to NOT be expelled from a college after forcefully taking over one of its buildings. Shouldn't they be charged with insurrection for taking over government buildings? Perhaps they should be forced into solitary confinement for years while they await a trial. Maybe they should go after any grandmas that also happened to protest or bring any flags into the building or even on the school grounds.

[@SF-zc3mm]

It would paint the other students in a bad light if there wasn't something done.

[@vegetable206]

Would you hire these people.

[@rwlwrestlingleague2975]

George Romero taught us how you deal with zombies.

[@marvelcoc8853]

Ask the prof, about 07 oct.. 😂😂😂

[@rosalindrajaratnam1836]

Don't threaten just expel. Tell Shafik to resign

[@peterl545]

Kids need to learn about consequences.

[@Joe-uu7jt]

They should have been arrested too. Their entitlement is unbelievable

[@progressiveevolution4089]

"FrEe SpEech fOr mE, nOt fOr tHeE." Right to assemble. Right to protest. Civil-disobedience is one of many forms of protests. See. 1985 South African Divestment Protests.

[@Joe-uu7jt]

@@progressiveevolution4089 doesn't mean it's legal or has to be allowed. Cope harder.

[@progressiveevolution4089]

@@Joe-uu7jt you don't know protests, or how we got our rights Ignorance is bliss tho or so I hear Civil-disobedience: an active refusal to obey policies, laws, demands, and commands of a government or an occupying international power. Can also be applied to actions taken refusing to recognize policies of other institutional authorities, such as college administration. "cOpE HaRdEr"

[@kanuck2003]

what happens to the foreign student visas?

[@battlebeard2041]

We see every generation engage in this behavior. It’s always ugly, stupid, and rarely accomplishes anything positive. This is why the 30-50 age group needs to be running things. Experienced enough not to lose their minds like college students, and progressive enough to support positive changes.

[@hdlc4635]

The only 30-50 year olds who should be running things are those who had enough caring and passion to go out into streets and protest something they wanted to change when they were 20-30 years old.

[@bp2608]

Ever think of interviewing one of the vast majority of students not protesting but having their in person classes canceled? Or how about any of the maintenance personnel, what do they think of this privileged kids trashing the campus they work hard to maintain?

[@lextacy2008]

THese students should use more productive means of protest like storming BLackrock, Vanguard, actual problems in our country

[@regretsonly3808]

That would take knowledge and awareness - two things these primadonnas sorely lack.

[@user-bt8on5gl8s]

They don't deserve a college education

[@manojchowdhary4208]

Is this considered an insurrection?

[@80srockedguitar]

Soft on crime in America has caused this

[@pawelanglik5964]

God bless the students!!!

[@Jonathon10]

They should be forced to show their faces. People want to protest for something but are scared to hurt their reputations? Pick one

[@DarkMatterCurator]

Deleting comments I see..tsk tsk

[@ernestoarango7127]

Don’t expel them. Student loan forgiveness first. 🙄🙄🙄

[@barotrajiv3885]

Make sure

[@rlfolder5437]

2:06 hey lady, if they do do you know how they can take finances away? Do you even know how divestment works, what the school would have to do to make up for the money? Or what other countries they’d have to divest from? Did you even care about it 6 months ago, or are you trying to follow the crowd?

[@hdlc4635]

You clearly don't know how divestment works.

[@ralphcantrell3214]

So they're against the war the Palestinians started when they "sneak-attacked" Israel. Okie dokie. 👍

[@gigitexas]

History, it’s called history!!. I advise u to educate yourself about Israel occupation to Palestine 75 years ago

[@diahegge5395]

@@gigitexasArabs lost in 48!! They need to get over it

[@diahegge5395]

@@gigitexashow about that for history??

[@Joe-gw9wh]

You know the South Africa case uses footage uploaded by IDF soldiers themselves in private telegram channels and statements from Israeli officials themselves. Also Israel bombed Gaza last year before October 7th.

[@diahegge5395]

@@Joe-gw9wh 😂😂😂 tick tock??

[@SA-hx8eg]

Where is the January 6 commission. Where is honesty

[@disastermaster1413]

Trumps fault

[@redauwg911]

🤣

[@JeighNeither]

You chose to apply for these universities? Israel has been committing atrocities against Palestinians for ages, so why didn't it matter months ago, when you gave them tens of thousands of dollars for the recent semester? The recent conflict was already happening when you handed Columbia your cash. These protests are more about the students own shame in themselves than anything else unfortunately. If it was about Palestinians, you never would have gone to Columbia to being with.

[@hdlc4635]

Because Israel dropped bombs that killed 15,000 children since the school year started.

[@ALLAHISENOUGHFORPALASTINE]

now you understand, a small group occupying others and breaking the law is bad. That is litrally the story of israel and palastine. With alot of killings and descriminations.

[@08V09]

Liberal Lunacy, this is no better than Jan 6

[@lise1255]

It's ironic to occupy to protest occupation!😂

[@DarkMatterCurator]

You have no right to set up "autonomous zones" like chaz/chop 2.0 and keep people out that you don't like. We all know how that "civil disobedience" ends when left unchecked. And it wouldn't be civil disobedience if they weren't breaking the law. You wanted to be heard and were willing to get arrested for it don't cry when it happens.

[@Ali22008-]

they have the right to protest their money being used for genocide

[@Riclmnopp]

They don’t have a right to trespass though.

[@mahmuddulhasan9316]

Does the USA have freedom of speech now??

[@serenajara1229]

student protestors have always been on the right side of history, from Vietnam to apartheid South Africa, Iraq and now Gaza.

[@santoshadhikari5604]

They don't even know why USA is the greatest, most advanced and powerful country to live in. REMEMBER PALESTINE, YEMEN, LEBANON, AFGHANISTAN, SYRIA, UKRAINE, IRAQ, SOMALIA, JORDAN, AND DON'T MESS WITH USA. PLEASE

[@iamixu803]

Again taxpayer will have to foot the bill for the students’ late spring break party.

[@StigmataMarty]

Will they get three years like Jan 6ers?

[@randyscott3386]

Those were all Trump University students and I think there were some Barber College Students in there and a guy that was learning how to drive a taxi and a guy in training to sell Mary Kay Cosmetics and a guy training his pomeranian to do tricks if that helps ya . I don't know about any actual Columbia Students in there but what the heck maybe you saw one . I'll ask Cory and Trevor if they saw any .

[@user-uq6tl8sl2g]

Columbia Uni President should resign.

[@kfnccook]

Stupidity😢

[@lise1255]

It's amazing how many Arab/Muslims that study in America. It's almost as there's no Americans left there.