Columbia 'does not want NYPD present on campus' as anti-Israel protests raise Jewish safety concerns: police
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Police said Columbia University does not want NYPD officers on campus amid antisemitic protests and an encampment celebrating terror groups.
"If someone is, for example, who is being attacked, we're going to go in to Columbia University, as we would to a private home to help protect that person," Gerber said. "But absent exigency, absent some ongoing crime, we cannot just go on the Columbia campus as we see fit. It is up to the university to decide whether or not they want us on campus. As a general matter, Columbia University and this goes back many years, does not want NYPD present on campus. That is their decision." Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
On Thursday, the day after Columbia President Dr. Nemat "Minouche" Shafik was held to account before the House Education on the Workforce Committee regarding soaring antisemitism at the Ivy League school in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas militants on southern Israel, the university informed NYPD that they had students who were trespassing.
So, Gerber explained, Columbia leadership asked police to come onto campus and take action. More than 100 people were arrested and later released.
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