Other students reported that they were beaten by New York City Police Department officers after their arrests and taken to the hospital for injuries before being returned to central booking.
Students arrested during the crackdown said at least two of them were put in solitary confinement for three hours and others reported much longer stays, according to Barnard College professor Shayoni Mitra and a tenured faculty member who asked for anonymity to protect their livelihood.
On Monday, Columbia University canceled its main graduation ceremony citing security concerns and discussions with students.
Mitra, the Barnard professor who was doing support for jailed students, said the arrests arose because of the false portrayal — pushed by the NYPD, top officials, and news media — that the protests are being organized by outside forces.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he approved the police raids after he saw a days-old photo on social media of an “outside agitator” who turned out to be a retired school teacher and grandmother.
“We write to support [Adams’s] request that your office investigate the NYPD’s improper use of their social media accounts,” Legal Aid wrote, “particularly their use of social media to discredit protesters and chill future protests by making speculative claims linking them to terrorism — a clear abuse of the NYPD’s authority.”
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Other students reported that they were beaten by New York City Police Department officers after their arrests and taken to the hospital for injuries before being returned to central booking.
Students arrested during the crackdown said at least two of them were put in solitary confinement for three hours and others reported much longer stays, according to Barnard College professor Shayoni Mitra and a tenured faculty member who asked for anonymity to protect their livelihood.
On Monday, Columbia University canceled its main graduation ceremony citing security concerns and discussions with students.
Mitra, the Barnard professor who was doing support for jailed students, said the arrests arose because of the false portrayal — pushed by the NYPD, top officials, and news media — that the protests are being organized by outside forces.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said he approved the police raids after he saw a days-old photo on social media of an “outside agitator” who turned out to be a retired school teacher and grandmother.
“We write to support [Adams’s] request that your office investigate the NYPD’s improper use of their social media accounts,” Legal Aid wrote, “particularly their use of social media to discredit protesters and chill future protests by making speculative claims linking them to terrorism — a clear abuse of the NYPD’s authority.”
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