NYPD crushes anti-American mob on NYC campuses as mayor blasts 'despicable' school environment

Columbia University authorized NYPD officers to remove occupying protesters from the school's Hamilton Hall, which had been taken over for nearly 24 hours.

"My uncle died defending this country, and these men and women put their lives on the line -- and it's despicable that schools will allow another country's flag to fly in our country," Adams, a former NYPD captain, told reporters. "So blame me for being proud to be an American, and, I think, Commissioner Daughtry for putting that flag back up. We're not surrendering our way of life to anyone." Protesters have chosen to escalate to an untenable situation – vandalizing property, breaking doors and windows, and blockading entrances – and we are following through with the consequences we outlined yesterday.

New York City's law enforcement leaders delivered an update Wednesday morning, hours after sweeping through the historic Hamilton Hall at Columbia University and clearing out a group of anti-Israel agitators who had "occupied" the building as part of their ongoing demonstrations.