“New York Police Department officers with helmets and zipties entered Barnard’s campus and began detaining protesters…Protesters began the sit-in around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, calling for the reinstatement of three Barnard students reportedly expelled.” www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03... - ThreadSky

jbenmenachem.com • 1 day ago

“New York Police Department officers with helmets and zipties entered Barnard’s campus and began detaining protesters…Protesters began the sit-in around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, calling for the reinstatement of three Barnard students reportedly expelled.”
https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03/05/nypd-begins-arrests-at-milstein-sit-in/

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jbenmenachem.com•1 day ago

One thing that I find puzzling is the role of the alleged bomb threat in the police action. I can't imagine that the student activists made a bomb threat. This is purely speculative, but I can imagine someone who hates the protesters calling in a fake bomb threat...

jbenmenachem.com•1 day ago

Let's just say it wouldn't be the first time I saw a right wing Columbia undergrad try to fuck with pro-Palestine activists.

https://www.newarab.com/news/inside-columbias-pro-palestinian-student-encampment

countbern.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Or democrat undergrads trying to mess with pro-Palestine activists. Seen both Dems and Republicans supportive of the genocide in Gaza while the opposite is true too. Seems more a basic humanity issue vs a left wing/right wing issue.

lovemypupper.bsky.social•21 hours ago

So this is jibberish

mossyoakmaoist.bsky.social•17 hours ago

A hit dog hollers lmao

dreamless.one•11 hours ago

I wouldn't be surprised if police are doing it.

profkfh.bsky.social•11 hours ago

I also find puzzling that the lined students up against a building where the alleged bomb was. is the NYPD protocol for bomb threats keeping close to bombs?

goldstar971.bsky.social•1 day ago

what if the the NYPD lied abpit there being a bomb threat.

joshuafoust.com•1 day ago

I don’t think we can ignore the possibility of swatting deployed strategically against left wing protests under this regime. There are no guardrails to prevent abuse.

jbenmenachem.com•1 day ago

Yeah... this week I'm actually writing up a journal article about SWAT raids/no-knock warrants...

splitrailfence.bsky.social•1 day ago

I hope you'll make some reference in your story to Breonna Taylor and how S.3900 - Justice for Breonna Taylor Act has been introduced only, just sitting there since last year.
She continues to suffer such injustice.

joshuafoust.com•1 day ago

It’s yet another way GamerGate is just right wing politics now

a-starry-knight.bsky.social•22 hours ago

WTAF? Barnard's supposed to be a progressive women's college & you have peaceful protesters arrested?

Barnard & Columbia are officially garbage & perhaps a significant decrease in your enrollment would wake you up?

Sending our kids to a school who'll arrest them for peacefully protesting? Nope!

profkfh.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Don’t sent your kids here. The president literally phones in orders for violence.

countbern.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Horrible. Ivy leagues controlled by Zionist billionaire donors. NYPD Chief of police is Tisch’s (worth $10 billion) daughter. Oligarchy, racism, fascism, oppression, Zionism…checks a lot of really bad boxes. Just my opinion.

jennipunk.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's illegal to sit now

nothingfromnada.bsky.social•1 day ago

The 1968 student actions are a highlight of the campus tour. They’re part of the fucking brand of being the “Cool Ivy”

I god damn loathe Columbia University. Give the campus to CUNY and never utter the name again.

boncraig.bsky.social•1 day ago

Shameful

unclewaldorf.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oink oink piggy piggy, etc.

ACAB.

ysabee.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Ugh

fastbreak78.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Oh man they def are fighting crime.

ckjohnsonbk.bsky.social•1 day ago

OMG Barnard. Stop it. Let the kids protest. WTF.

seaghano.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gestapo.

jwheel212.bsky.social•22 hours ago

A real cop would quit before enforcing that.

isengard.bsky.social•10 hours ago

never met a cop, huh

piaa75.bsky.social•23 hours ago

They’re all TRAITORS ! Every Congressman every one Silent is a TRAITOR a coward one!
We Are NO LONGER A DEMOCRACY.

ghoststryder.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yep THIS is why they have a blue stripe on their flag. I don't know where all this ends up, but in just 30 days Trump has removed just about every fig leaf Republicans have about valuing democracy and embracing white supremacy

incandenzak.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Here we are

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